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[1]IWILL praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvelous works.
[2]Iwill be glad and rejoice in thee and I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
[3]Whenmine enemies are beaten back, they shall stumble and perish before thy presence.
[4]Forthou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne, O thou righteous judge.
[5]Thouhast rebuked the Gentiles and thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
[6]Myenemies have been annihilated by the sword for ever; and thou hast destroyed the villages and their very memory hath perished.
[7]Butthe LORD shall endure for ever; he has prepared his throne for judgment.
[8]Andhe shall judge the world in righteousness and the people in uprightness.
[9]TheLORD also will be a refuge for the poor, a refuge in times of trouble.
[10]Andthey that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O LORD.
[11]Singpraises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; declare among the people his skillful doings;
[12]Forhe has remembered to avenge their blood; he forgets not the cry of the poor.
[13]Havemercy upon me, O LORD, and consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, O thou that removest me away from the gates of death,
[14]ThatI may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; I will rejoice in thy salvation.
[15]TheGentiles are sunk down in the pit that they made; and their foot is caught in the net which they hid.
[16]TheLORD makes known the judgment which he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
[17]Thewicked shall be turned into Sheol, and all the peoples that forsake God.
[18]Forthe poor shall not always be forgotten; and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
[19]Arise,O LORD; let not man prevail; let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
[20]Appointfor them a lawgiver, that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
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