For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son.
I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful works.
I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.
For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.
The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.
The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
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 : declare his dealings among the nations.
For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
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 declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in thy salvation.
The are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.
The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.
Let sinners be driven away into , [even] all the nations that forget God.
For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.
Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.
Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? [why] dost thou overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?
While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.
The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.
His ways are profane at all times; thy judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.
For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.
Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.
He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.
He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.
He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.
For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.
Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.
Wherefore has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].
Thou seest [it]; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.
Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.
The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye shall perish out of his land.
The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;
to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.