1I WILL praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works {and} wonderful deeds!
2I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High!
3When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You.
4For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously.
5You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6The enemy have been cut off {and} have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up {and} overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished {and} vanished.
7But the Lord shall remain {and} continue forever; He has prepared {and} established His throne for judgment.
8And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.
9The Lord also will be a refuge {and} a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge {and} a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).
10And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on {and} confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God's Word and the right of their necessity].
11Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion! Declare among the peoples His doings!
12For He Who avenges the blood [of His people shed unjustly] remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble).
13Have mercy upon me {and} be gracious {to me,} O Lord; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death,
14That I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation {and} Your saving help.
15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught.
16The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion [meditation]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
17The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget {or} are forgetful of God.
18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation {and} hope of the meek {and} the poor shall not perish forever.
19Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You.
20Put them in fear [make them realize their frail nature], O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!