| 1. To the conductor, to brighten the youth, a song of David. |
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| 2. I will thank the Lord with all my heart; I will tell all Your wonders. |
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| 3. I will rejoice and exult with You; I will sing praises to Your most high name. |
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| 4. When my enemies draw backward, they stumble and are destroyed from before You. |
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| 5. For You have performed my judgment and my cause; You sat on the throne, O Judge of righteousness. |
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| 6. You rebuked nations, You destroyed a wicked man; You erased their name forever and ever. |
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| 7. The enemy has been destroyed; swords exist forever, and You have uprooted the cities-their remembrance is lost. |
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ז. |
| 8. But the Lord shall sit forever; He has established His throne for judgment. |
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ח. |
| 9. But He judges the world with righteousness, kingdoms with equity. |
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ט. |
| 10. And the Lord shall be a fortress for the crushed, a fortress for times of distress. |
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י. |
| 11. And those who know Your name shall trust in You, for You have not forsaken those who seek You, O Lord. |
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יא. |
| 12. Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion; relate His deeds among the peoples. |
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יב. |
| 13. For He Who avenges blood remembers them; He has not forgotten the cry of the humble. |
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| 14. Be gracious to me, O Lord, see my affliction from my enemies, You Who raise me up from the gates of death, |
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יד. |
| 15. in order that I tell all Your praises; in the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation. |
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טו. |
| 16. Nations have sunk in the pit they have made; in this net that they have concealed, their foot has become trapped. |
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טז. |
| 17. The Lord is known for the judgment that He performed; with the act of His hand, the wicked man stumbles. Let us meditate over this forever. |
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יז. |
| 18. May the wicked return to the grave, all nations who forget God. |
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יח. |
| 19. For the needy shall not be forgotten forever, neither shall the hope of the poor be lost to eternity. |
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יט. |
| 20. Arise, O Lord; let man have no power. May the nations be judged for Your anger. |
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כ. |
| 21. O Lord, place mastery over them; let the nations know that they forever are mortal man. |
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כא. |