^1aTo the choirmaster. The secret of the son.↑

A Psalm of David.

^1bI will praise the Lord with all my heart;

I will tell of all your wondrous deeds.

²I will rejoice and exult in you;

I will sing psalms of your most high name.

³When my enemies retreat back,

They will stumble and perish at your presence.

⁴For you will deal with my case and my right;

You will sit on the throne

Judging righteously.

⁵You will rebuke nations

And put an end to the wicked one.

You will eradicate their name

For the age and in perpetuity.

⁶O enemy, devastations will come to an end in perpetuity,

But as for the cities which you have destroyed,

The memory of them has perished.

⁷But the Lord is seated age-abidingly;

He will establish his throne of justice.

⁸And he will judge the world justly;

He will arbitrate between peoples equitably.

⁹And the Lord will be a refuge to the oppressed

– A refuge in times of affliction.

¹⁰And those who know your name will trust in you,

For you have not forsaken those who seek you,

O Lord.

¹¹Sing psalms to the Lord,

Who is seated in Zion;

Relate his deeds

Among the various peoples.

¹²For he who requites bloodshed

Remembers them.

He does not forget

The crying of the afflicted.

¹³Have mercy on me, O Lord;

Observe my affliction by those who hate me,

You who lift me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴So that I can relate all your psalms of praise

At the gates of the daughter of Zion,

And rejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵The nations will sink in the pit which they have made;

In the very net which they hid,

Their leg will be trapped.

¹⁶The Lord is known

By the justice which he executes;

The wicked man is ensnared

By the work of his own hands.

A meditation. Selah.

¹⁷The wicked will return to the grave,

As will all the nations forgetful of God.

¹⁸For the poor will not be forgotten in perpetuity,

Nor will the hope of the meek perish for eternity.

¹⁹Arise, O Lord,

Do not let man prevail;

Let the nations be judged

In your presence.

²⁰O Lord, put fear in them,

That the nations may know

That they are but man.

Selah.