1Ein Psalm Davids, vorzusingen, nach der Weise »Schöne Jugend«.2Ich danke dem HERRN von ganzem Herzen und erzähle alle deine Wunder. (Ps 44,2)3Ich freue mich und bin fröhlich in dir und lobe deinen Namen, du Allerhöchster,4dass meine Feinde zurückweichen mussten; sie sind gestürzt und umgekommen vor dir.5Denn du führst mein Recht und meine Sache, du sitzest auf dem Thron, ein rechter Richter.6Du schiltst die Völker und vernichtest die Frevler; ihren Namen vertilgst du auf immer und ewig.7Der Feind ist vernichtet, zertrümmert für immer, die Städte hast du zerstört; jedes Gedenken an sie ist vergangen. (Ps 34,17)8Der HERR aber thront ewiglich; er hat seinen Thron bereitet zum Gericht,9er wird den Erdkreis richten mit Gerechtigkeit und die Völker regieren, wie es recht ist.10Der HERR ist des Armen Schutz, ein Schutz in Zeiten der Not.11Darum hoffen auf dich, die deinen Namen kennen; denn du verlässest nicht, die dich, HERR, suchen.12Lobet den HERRN, der zu Zion wohnt; verkündigt unter den Völkern sein Tun!13Denn der nach Blutschuld fragt, gedenkt der Elenden und vergisst nicht ihr Schreien. (1Mo 4,10; 1Mo 9,5; 1Mo 16,11; Ps 72,4)14HERR, sei mir gnädig; / sieh an mein Elend unter meinen Feinden, der du mich erhebst aus den Toren des Todes,15dass ich erzähle all deinen Ruhm, in den Toren der Tochter Zion, dass ich fröhlich sei über deine Hilfe. (Ps 13,6; Ps 22,23)16Völker sind versunken in der Grube, die sie gegraben, ihr Fuß ist gefangen im Netz, das sie gestellt hatten.17Der HERR hat sich kundgetan und Gericht gehalten. Der Frevler ist verstrickt in dem Werk seiner Hände. Zwischenspiel. Sela.18Die Frevler sollen zu den Toten fahren, alle Völker, die Gott vergessen!19Denn er wird den Armen nicht für immer vergessen; die Hoffnung der Elenden wird nicht verloren sein ewiglich. (Ps 10,17; Ps 22,25)20HERR, steh auf, dass nicht Menschen die Oberhand gewinnen; lass die Völker vor dir gerichtet werden! (4Mo 10,35)21Lege, HERR, einen Schrecken auf sie, dass die Völker erkennen, dass sie Menschen sind. Sela.
For the director of music. A psalm of David to the tune of ‘The Death of the Son.’
1LORD, I will give thanks to you with all my heart. I will tell about all the wonderful things you have done.2I will be glad and full of joy because of you. Most High God, I will sing the praises of your name.3My enemies turn back. They fall down and die right in front of you.4You have proved that I haven’t done anything wrong. You have sat on your throne and judged fairly.5You have punished the nations. You have destroyed evil people. You have erased their names from your book for ever and ever.6My enemies have been destroyed for ever. You have levelled their cities to the ground. Even the memory of them is gone.7The LORD rules for ever. He has set up his throne so that he can judge people.8He rules the world in keeping with what is right. He judges all its people fairly.9The LORD is a place of safety for those who have been treated badly. He keeps them safe in times of trouble.10LORD, those who know you will trust in you. You have never deserted those who look to you.11Sing the praises of the LORD. He rules from his throne in Zion. Tell among the nations what he has done.12The God who pays back murderers remembers. He doesn’t forget the cries of those who are hurting.13LORD, see how badly my enemies treat me! Help me! Don’t let me go down to the gates of death!14Then I can give praise to you at the gates of the city of Zion. There I will be full of joy because you have saved me.15The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.16The LORD is known to be fair by the things he does. Evil people are trapped by what they have done.17Sinful people go down to the place of the dead. So do all the nations that forget God.18But God will never forget needy people. The hope of those who are hurting will never die.19LORD, rise up. Don’t let people win the battle. Let the nations come to you and be judged.20LORD, strike them with terror. Let the nations know they are only human beings.
To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.
1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.[1] (Ps 26,7; Ps 40,5; Ps 96,3; Ps 105,5)2I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. (Ps 5,11; Ps 7,17; Ps 83,18)3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before[3] your presence.4For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment. (Ps 29,10; Ps 140,12)5You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. (5Mo 9,14; 5Mo 29,20; Ps 68,30; Spr 10,7)6The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.7But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,8and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness. (Ps 58,11; Ps 96,10; Ps 96,13; Ps 98,9)9The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. (2Sam 22,3; Ps 10,1; Ps 10,18; Ps 74,21; Spr 18,10)10And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. (Ps 91,14)11Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds! (Ps 76,2; Ps 77,12; Ps 107,22)12For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted. (1Mo 9,5; Ps 9,18; Ps 10,12; Ps 10,13; Ps 12,5)13Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death, (Hi 38,17; Ps 4,1)14that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation. (1Sam 2,1; 2Kön 19,21; Ps 13,5; Ps 20,5; Ps 21,1; Ps 35,9; Jes 37,22)15The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught. (Hi 18,8; Ps 7,15)16The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.[4] Selah (2Mo 7,5; 2Mo 14,4)17The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. (1Mo 3,19; Hi 8,13; Ps 50,22; Jes 51,13)18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever. (Spr 23,18; Spr 24,14)19Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! (Ps 3,7; Ps 10,18)20Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah (Ps 19,1)