To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.

א Aleph

1I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart;

I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

2I will be glad and rejoice in thee:

I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

ב Bet

3When mine enemies are turned back,

They shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;

Thou satest in the throne judging right.

ג Gimel

5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,

Thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

6O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:

And thou hast destroyed cities; Their memorial is perished with them.

ה He

7But the LORD shall endure for ever:

He hath prepared his throne for judgment.

8And he shall judge the world in righteousness,

He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

ו Waw

9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,

A refuge in times of trouble.

10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:

For thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

ז Zain

11Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:

Declare among the people his doings.

12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them:

He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

ח Het

13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; Consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me,

Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

14That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion:

I will rejoice in thy salvation.

ט Tet

15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made:

In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth:

The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

י Yod

17The wicked shall be turned into hell,

And all the nations that forget God.

כ Kaph

18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten:

The expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail:

Let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20Put them in fear, O LORD:

That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.