David thanks God with his whole heart for upholding his cause. The LORD reigns forever and judges the world in righteousness. He is a refuge for the oppressed and does not forget the needy.
1 To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben , A Psalm of David . I will praise thee, O LORD , with my whole heart ; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works .
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name , O thou most High .
3 When mine enemies are turned back , they shall fall and perish at thy presence .
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause ; thou satest in the throne judging right .
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen , thou hast destroyed the wicked , thou hast put out their name for ever and ever .
6 O thou enemy , destructions are come to a perpetual end : and thou hast destroyed cities ; their memorial is perished with them .
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever : he hath prepared his throne for judgment .
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness , he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness .
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed , a refuge in times of trouble .
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD , hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the LORD , which dwelleth in Zion : declare among the people his doings .
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood , he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble .
13 Have 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 :
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion : I will rejoice in thy salvation .
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made : in the net which they hid is their own foot taken .
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth : the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands . Higgaion . Selah .
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell , and all the nations that forget God .
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever .
19 Arise , O LORD ; let not man prevail : let the heathen be judged in thy sight .
20 Put them in fear , O LORD : that the nations may know themselves to be but men . Selah .