The Book of Psalms

To him that excelleth vpon Muth Laben. A Psalme of Dauid. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart: I will speake of all thy marueilous workes.

I will bee glad, and reioyce in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name, O most High,

For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.

O enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed the cities: their memoriall is perished with them.

But the Lord shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement.

For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnes, and shall iudge the people with equitie.

The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.

And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not failed them that seeke thee.

Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes.

For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.

Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate mee, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death,

That I may shewe all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation.

The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.

The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. Higgaion. Selah.

The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God.

For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.

Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight.

Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. Selah.

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.

Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,(a) even all the nations that forget God.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

(a)9:17 Sheol is the place of the dead.