1Für den Dirigenten[1]. Auf die gleiche Weise zu begleiten wie das Lied ´Der Sohn muss sterben`.[2] Ein Psalm Davids.[3] (Ps 4,1)2Dich, HERR, will ich loben von ganzem Herzen, von all deinen Wundern will ich erzählen.3Über dich will ich mich freuen und jubeln, zur Ehre deines Namens ein Lied singen, du Höchster!4Denn jetzt treten meine Feinde den Rückzug an, dein zorniger Blick wirft sie zu Boden und lässt sie umkommen.[4]5Du hast für meine Gerechtigkeit gesorgt und mir zu meinem Recht verholfen. Du hast dich auf den Richterstuhl gesetzt und gerecht geurteilt.6Du hast ganze Völker in ihre Schranken verwiesen[5], die Gottlosen hast du umkommen lassen und ihre Namen für immer und ewig ausgelöscht.7Der Feind ist völlig vernichtet, seine Macht für immer zerschlagen. Du hast seine Städte dem Erdboden gleichgemacht; nichts erinnert mehr an sie.8Der HERR aber regiert für immer und ewig, er hat seinen Thron zum Gericht aufgestellt.9Er selbst wird die Welt in Gerechtigkeit richten, wird den Völkern ein aufrichtiges und gerechtes Urteil sprechen.10Den Unterdrückten gewährt der HERR seinen Schutz, in Zeiten der Not ist er für sie eine Burg in sicherer Höhe.11Auf dich, HERR, werden alle vertrauen, die dich und deinen Namen kennen, denn wer deine Nähe sucht, den lässt du nie allein.12Singt dem HERRN, der auf dem Berg Zion wohnt, eure Lieder, verkündet unter allen Völkern seine großen Taten!13Denn er zieht all die zur Rechenschaft, die Blut vergießen, er kümmert sich um die Verfolgten und überhört nicht die Schreie der Unterdrückten.14Sei mir gnädig, HERR, sieh auch meine Not, in die mich der Hass meiner Feinde bringt, hol mich herauf aus dem Totenreich[6]!15Dann will ich deinen Ruhm verbreiten in den Toren der Stadt Zion, jubeln will ich über deine Rettung.16Da sind Völker in die Gruben gestürzt, die sie für andere gegraben hatten, sie sind mit ihren Füßen im eigenen Fangnetz hängen geblieben.17Der HERR hat sich zu erkennen gegeben, indem er Gericht übte: Wer Gott ablehnt, der verstrickt sich in seinen eigenen Machenschaften. //[7] (Ps 3,3)18Mögen alle Gottlosen im Totenreich enden, alle die Völker, denen Gott gleichgültig ist!19Der Unterdrückte aber ist nicht für immer vergessen, und die vom Leid gebeugt sind, müssen ihre Hoffnung nicht aufgeben.20Erhebe dich, HERR, lass nicht zu, dass Menschen sich dir widersetzen! Lass alle Völker vor dich treten und zieh sie zur Rechenschaft!21Versetze sie in Schrecken, HERR, lass alle Völker begreifen, dass sie nur Menschen sind! //
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.
1[1] To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben.[2] A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. (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; 1Kön 21,17; 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. [4] (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! (Ps 9,19)