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[1] I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

[2] I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

[3] When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.

[4] For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

[5] You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

[6] The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

[7] But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,

[8] and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.

[9] The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

[10] And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

[11] Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!

[12] For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

[13] Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,

[14] that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.

[15] The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

[16] The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

[17] The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

[18] For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

[19] Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!

[20] Put them in fear, O Lord! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah.

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