A Psalm of Thanksgiving for God’s Justice.
For the choir director; on● Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.
I will give thanks to the LORD with all amy heart;I will btell of all Your 1wonders.I.e. “Death to the Son”Or miraclesPs 86:12Ps 26:72 I will be glad and aexult in You;I will bsing praise to Your name, O cMost High.Ps 5:11; 104:34Ps 66:2, 4Ps 83:18; 92:1
3 When my enemies turn back,They stumble and aperish before You.Ps 27:24 For You have amaintained 1my just cause;You have sat on the throne 2bjudging righteously.Lit my right and my causeOr a righteous JudgePs 140:12Ps 50:65 You have arebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;You have bblotted out their name forever and ever.Ps 119:21Ps 69:28; Prov 10:76 1The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,And You have uprooted the cities;The very amemory of them has perished.Or O enemy, desolations are finished forever; And their cities You have plucked upPs 34:16
7 But the aLORD 1abides forever;He has established His bthrone for judgment,Or sits as kingPs 10:16Ps 89:148 And He will ajudge the world in righteousness;He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.Ps 96:13; 98:99 1The LORD also will be a astronghold for the oppressed,A stronghold in times of trouble;Or Let the LORD also bePs 32:7; 59:9, 16, 1710 And 1those who aknow Your name will put their trust in You,For You, O LORD, have not bforsaken those who seek You.Or let those...name putPs 91:14Ps 37:28; 94:14
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who adwells in Zion;bDeclare among the peoples His deeds.Ps 76:2Ps 105:1; 107:2212 For aHe who 1requires blood remembers them;He does not forget bthe cry of the afflicted.I.e. avenges bloodshedGen 9:5; Ps 72:14Ps 9:1813 Be gracious to me, O LORD;See my affliction from those awho hate me,You who blift me up from the gates of death,Ps 38:19Ps 30:3; 86:1314 That I may tell of aall Your praises,That in the gates of the daughter of ZionI may brejoice in Your 1salvation.Or deliverancePs 106:2Ps 13:5; 20:5; 35:9; 51:1215 The nations have sunk down ain the pit which they have made;In the bnet which they hid, their own foot has been caught.Ps 7:15, 16Ps 57:616 The LORD has amade Himself known;He has bexecuted judgment.In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared.1Higgaion 2Selah.Perhaps, resounding music or meditationSelah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeEx 7:5Ps 9:4
17 The wicked will 1areturn to 2Sheol,Even all the nations who bforget God.Or turnI.e. the nether worldPs 49:14Job 8:13; Ps 50:2218 For the aneedy will not always be forgotten,Nor the bhope of the afflicted perish forever.Ps 9:12; 12:5Ps 62:5; 71:5; Prov 23:1819 aArise, O LORD, do not let man prevail;Let the nations be bjudged before You.Num 10:35Ps 9:520 Put them ain fear, O LORD;Let the nations know that they are bbut men.Selah.Ps 14:5Ps 62:9