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³ When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before you.^(C1)4 For you have upheld my just cause;^(C1)
you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.^(C2)5 You have rebuked the nations:^(C1)
You have destroyed the wicked;^(C2)
you have erased their name forever and ever.^(C3)6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin.
You have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.^(C1)

⁷ But the Lord sits enthroned forever;^(C1)
he has established his throne for judgment.^(C2)8 And he judges the world with righteousness;
he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.^(C1)9 The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted,
a refuge in times of trouble.^(C1)10 Those who know your name trust in you
because you have not abandoned
those who seek you, Lord.^(C1)

¹¹ Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;^(C1)
proclaim his deeds among the nations.^(C2)12 For the one who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;^(C1)
he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.^(C2)

¹³ Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.^(C1)
Lift me up from the gates of death,^(C2)14 so that I may declare all your praises.
I will rejoice in your salvation^(C1)
within the gates of Daughter Zion.

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.^(C1)16 The Lord has made himself known;
he has executed justice,^(C1)
snaring the wicked
by the work of their hands.^(C2)Higgaion. Selah

¹⁷ The wicked will return to Sheol^(C1)—
all the nations that forget God.^(C2)18 For the needy will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the oppressed^(F1) will not perish forever.^(C1)

¹⁹ Rise up, Lord! Do not let mere humans prevail;
let the nations be judged in your presence.^(C1)20 Put terror in them, Lord;^(C1)
let the nations know they are only humans.^(C2)Selah