| New King James Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1To the Chief Musician. To [i]the tune of[/i] “Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. | 1I will thank the LORD with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous works. |
| 2I will be glad and rejoice 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 shall fall and perish at Your presence. | 3When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before you. |
| 4For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness. | 4For you have upheld my just cause; you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge. |
| 5You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; 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. |
| 6O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory 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 shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment. | 7But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for judgment. |
| 8He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness. | 8And he judges the world with righteousness; he executes judgment on the nations with fairness. |
| 9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble. | 9The LORD is a refuge for the persecuted, a refuge in times of trouble. |
| 10And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, 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 dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people. | 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim his deeds among the nations. |
| 12When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble. | 12For the one who seeks an accounting for bloodshed remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed. |
| 13Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, 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 tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will 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 down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught. | 15The nations have fallen into the pit they made; their foot is caught in the net they have concealed. |
| 16The LORD is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. 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 be turned into hell, And 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; The expectation 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, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight. | 19Rise up, LORD! Do not let mere humans prevail; let the nations be judged in your presence. |
| 20Put them in fear, O LORD, That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah | 20Put terror in them, LORD; let the nations know they are only humans. Selah |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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