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^1 (0) For the leader. On the death of Labben. A psalm of David:

^2 (1) I give thanks to Adonai with all my heart.
I will tell about all your wonderful deeds.
^3 (2) I will be glad and exult in you.
I will sing praise to your name, ‘Elyon.

^4 (3) When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before you.
^5 (4) For you upheld my cause as just,
sitting on the throne as the righteous judge.

^6 (5) You rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked,
blotted out their name forever and ever.
^7 (6) The enemy is finished, in ruins forever;
you destroyed their cities; all memory of them is lost.

^8 (7) But Adonai is enthroned forever;
he has set up his throne for judgment.
^9 (8) He will judge the world in righteousness;
he will judge the peoples fairly.

^10 (9) Adonai is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a tower of strength in times of trouble.
^11 (10) Those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you have not abandoned those who seek you, Adonai.

^12 (11) Sing praises to Adonai, who lives in Tziyon;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
^13 (12) For the avenger of blood remembers them,
he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted:

^14 (13) "Have mercy on me, Adonai!
See how I suffer from those who hate me;
you raise me from the gates of death,
^15 (14) so that I can proclaim all your praises
at the gates of the daughter of Tziyon
and rejoice in this deliverance of yours."

^16 (15) The nations have drowned in the pit they dug,
caught their own feet in the net they hid.
^17 (16) Adonai made himself known and executed judgment;
the wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. (Higgayon; Selah)

^18 (17) The wicked will return to Sh'ol,
all the nations that forget God.

^19 (18) For the poor will not always be forgotten
or the hope of the needy perish forever.

^20 (19) Arise, Adonai! Don't let mortals prevail!
Let the nations be judged in your presence.
^21 (20) Strike them with terror, Adonai!
Let the nations know they are only human. (Selah)