1To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvelous works.⇆ compare2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.⇆ compare3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.⇆ compare4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.⇆ compare5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name forever and ever.⇆ compare6O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.⇆ compare7But the LORD shall endure forever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.⇆ compare8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.⇆ compare9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.⇆ compare10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.⇆ compare11Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.⇆ compare12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.⇆ compare13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:⇆ compare14That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.⇆ compare15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.⇆ compare16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.⇆ compare17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.⇆ compare18For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.⇆ compare19Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.⇆ compare20Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.⇆ compare