| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. | 1I will thank the LORD with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous works. |
| 2I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. | 2I will rejoice and boast about you; I will sing about your name, Most High. |
| 3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence. | 3When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before you. |
| 4For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment. | 4For you have upheld my just cause; you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge. |
| 5You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. | 5You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever. |
| 6The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished. | 6The enemy has come to eternal ruin. You have uprooted the cities, and the very memory of them has perished. |
| 7But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, | 7But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for judgment. |
| 8and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness. | 8And he judges the world with righteousness; he executes judgment on the nations with fairness. |
| 9The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. | 9The LORD is a refuge for the persecuted, a refuge in times of trouble. |
| 10And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. | 10Those who know your name trust in you because you have not abandoned those who seek you, LORD. |
| 11Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds! | 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim his deeds among the nations. |
| 12For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted. | 12For the one who seeks an accounting for bloodshed remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed. |
| 13Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death, | 13Be gracious to me, LORD; consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. Lift me up from the gates of death, |
| 14that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation. | 14so that I may declare all your praises. I will rejoice in your salvation within the gates of Daughter Zion. |
| 15The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught. | 15The nations have fallen into the pit they made; their foot is caught in the net they have concealed. |
| 16The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah | 16The LORD has made himself known; he has executed justice, snaring the wicked by the work of their hands. Higgaion. Selah |
| 17The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. | 17The wicked will return to Sheol--all the nations that forget God. |
| 18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever. | 18For the needy will not always be forgotten; the hope of the oppressed will not perish forever. |
| 19Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! | 19Rise up, LORD! Do not let mere humans prevail; let the nations be judged in your presence. |
| 20Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah | 20Put terror in them, LORD; let the nations know they are only humans. Selah |
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