I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

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9 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.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies retreat they stumble and perish before You.

4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

13 Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

14 that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah[fn]

17 The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

18 For the needy {will} not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

20 Lay terror upon them, [O LORD]; let the nations know they are but men. Selah