I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

For the choirmaster To [the tune of] “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.[fn]

I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;

I will recount all Your wonders.

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I will be glad and rejoice in You;

I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

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When my enemies retreat

they stumble and perish before You.

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For You have upheld my just cause;

You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

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You have rebuked the nations;

You have destroyed the wicked;

You have erased their name forever and ever.

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The enemy has come to eternal ruin,

and You have uprooted their cities;

the very memory of them has vanished.

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But the LORD abides forever;

He has established His throne for judgment.

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He judges the world with justice;

He governs the people with equity.

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The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,

a stronghold in times of trouble.

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Those who know Your name trust in You,

for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

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Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion;

proclaim His deeds among the nations.

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For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers;

He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

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Be merciful to me, O LORD;

see how my enemies afflict me!

Lift me up from the gates of death,

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that I may declare all Your praises —

that within the gates of Daughter Zion

I may rejoice in Your salvation.

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The nations have fallen into a pit of their making;

their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

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The LORD is known by the justice He brings;

the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah[fn]

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The wicked will return to Sheol—

all the nations who forget God.

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For the needy {will} not always be forgotten;

nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

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Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail;

let the nations be judged in Your presence.

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Lay terror upon them, [O LORD];

let the nations know they are but men. Selah