IX. Book I. A Psalm of Thanksgiving for God's Justice. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book I

A Psalm of Thanksgiving for God’s Justice

For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-Labben. A Psalm of David.


[1]	I WILL give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
[2]	I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most 1 High.
[3]	When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
[4]	For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
[5]	Thou hast rebuked the nations, 2 thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
[6]	The 3 enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And 4 the cities which thou hast overthrown, 5 The very remembrance of them is perished.
[7]	But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
[8]	And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples 6 in uprightness.
[9]	Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
[10]	And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
[11]	Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people 7 his doings.
[12]	For 8 he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor. 9
[13]	Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
[14]	That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation. 10
[15]	The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
[16]	Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The 11 wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. [Higgaion. Selah

[17]	The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
[18]	For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor 12 perish for ever.
[19]	Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
[20]	Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. [Selah

Note 1. Or, Most High; Because mine &c. [back]

Note 2. Or, heathen. [back]

Note 3. Or, O thou enemy, desolutions are come to perpetual end. [back]

Note 4. Or, And their cities thou hast overthrown. [back]

Note 5. Heb. plucked up. [back]

Note 6. Or, people. [back]

Note 7. Or, peoples. [back]

Note 8. Or, For when he maketh … he remembereth. [back]

Note 9. Or, meek. [back]

Note 10. Or, saving help. [back]

Note 11. Or, He snareth the wicked. [back]

Note 12. Or, meek. [back]

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