Study Desk

To the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Death of the Son.' [fn] A Psalm of David. I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;I will tell of all Your marvelous works.

I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful works.

I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.

When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.

For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.

For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.

O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.

The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

But the LORD shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.

but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.

He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.

The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people.

Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations.

When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.

For he remembered them, in making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.

Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction which I suffer of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.

that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in thy salvation.

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

The Lord is known by the judgment He executes;The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.Meditation. [fn] Selah

The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.

Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even all the nations that forget God.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

Arise, O LORD, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.

Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.

Put them in fear, O LORD, That the nations may know themselves to be but men.Selah

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.