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1. To the director: Use the Alamoth of Ben. A song of David. I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart. I will tell about the wonderful things you have done.
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Muth H4192 -labben , A Psalm H4210 of David H1732 . I will praise H3034 thee , O LORD H3068 , with my whole H3605 heart H3820 ; I will show forth H5608 all H3605 thy marvelous works H6381 .
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2. You make me happy, so I will rejoice in you. God Most High, I praise your name.
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2. I will be glad H8055 and rejoice H5970 in thee : I will sing praise H2167 to thy name H8034 , O thou most High H5945 .
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3. My enemies turned to run from you, but they fell and were destroyed.
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3. When mine enemies H341 are turned H7725 back H268 , they shall fall H3782 and perish H6 at thy presence H4480 H6440 .
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4. You listened to me from your throne like a good judge, and you decided that I was right.
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4. For H3588 thou hast maintained H6213 my right H4941 and my cause H1779 ; thou satest H3427 in the throne H3678 judging H8199 right H6664 .
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5. You told the nations how wrong they were. You destroyed those evil people. You erased their names from our memory forever and ever.
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5. Thou hast rebuked H1605 the heathen H1471 , thou hast destroyed H6 the wicked H7563 , thou hast put out H4229 their name H8034 forever H5769 and ever H5703 .
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6. The enemy is finished! You destroyed their cities. There is nothing left to remind us of them.
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6. O thou enemy H341 , destructions H2723 are come to a perpetual end H8552 H5331 : and thou hast destroyed H5428 cities H5892 ; their memorial H2143 is perished H6 with them H1992 .
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7. The Lord set up his throne to bring justice, and he will rule forever.
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7. But the LORD H3068 shall endure H3427 forever H5769 : he hath prepared H3559 his throne H3678 for judgment H4941 .
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8. He judges everyone on earth fairly. He judges all nations honestly.
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8. And he H1931 shall judge H8199 the world H8398 in righteousness H6664 , he shall minister judgment H1777 to the people H3816 in uprightness H4339 .
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9. Many people are suffering� crushed by the weight of their troubles. But the Lord is a refuge for them, a safe place they can run to.
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9. The LORD H3068 also will be H1961 a refuge H4869 for the oppressed H1790 , a refuge H4869 in times H6256 of trouble H6869 .
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10. Lord, those who know your name come to you for protection. And when they come, you do not leave them without help.
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10. And they that know H3045 thy name H8034 will put their trust H982 in thee: for H3588 thou, LORD H3068 , hast not H3808 forsaken H5800 them that seek H1875 thee.
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11. Sing praises to the Lord, who sits as King in Zion. Tell the nations about the great things he has done.
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11. Sing praises H2167 to the LORD H3068 , which dwelleth H3427 in Zion H6726 : declare H5046 among the people H5971 his doings H5949 .
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12. He punishes murderers and remembers those who are in need. When suffering people cry for help, he does not ignore them.
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12. When H3588 he maketh inquisition H1875 for blood H1818 , he remembereth H2142 them : he forgetteth H7911 not H3808 the cry H6818 of the humble H6035 .
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13. I said this prayer: "Lord, be kind to me. See how my enemies are hurting me. Save me from the 'gates of death.'
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13. Have mercy H2603 upon me , O LORD H3068 ; consider H7200 my trouble H6040 which I suffer of them that hate H4480 H8130 me , thou that liftest me up H7311 from the gates H4480 H8179 of death H4194 :
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14. Then, at the gates of Jerusalem, I can sing praises to you. I will be so happy because you saved me."
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14. That H4616 I may show forth H5608 all H3605 thy praise H8416 in the gates H8179 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 : I will rejoice H1523 in thy salvation H3444 .
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15. Those other nations have fallen into the pit they dug to catch others. They have been caught in their own trap.
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15. The heathen H1471 are sunk down H2883 in the pit H7845 that they made H6213 : in the net H7568 which H2098 they hid H2934 is their own foot H7272 taken H3920 .
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16. The Lord showed that he judges fairly. The wicked were caught by what they did to hurt others. Higgayon Selah
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16. The LORD H3068 is known H3045 by the judgment H4941 which he executeth H6213 : the wicked H7563 is snared H3369 in the work H6467 of his own hands H3709 . Higgaion H1902 . Selah H5542 .
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17. The wicked will go to the place of death, as will all the nations that forget God.
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17. The wicked H7563 shall be turned H7725 into hell H7585 , and all H3605 the nations H1471 that forget H7913 God H430 .
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18. It may seem that those who are poor and needy have been forgotten, but God will not forget them. He will not leave them without hope.
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18. For H3588 the needy H34 shall not H3808 always H5331 be forgotten H7911 : the expectation H8615 of the poor H6041 shall not perish H6 forever H5703 .
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19. Lord, get up and judge the nations. Don't let anyone think they can win against you.
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19. Arise H6965 , O LORD H3068 ; let not H408 man H582 prevail H5810 : let the heathen H1471 be judged H8199 in H5921 thy sight H6440 .
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20. Teach them a lesson. Let them know they are only human. Selah
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20. Put H7896 them in fear H4172 , O LORD H3068 : that the nations H1471 may know H3045 themselves H1992 to be but men H582 . Selah H5542 .
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