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1. A David psalm. I'm thanking you, GOD, from a full heart, I'm writing the book on your wonders.
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Muth H4192 -labben , A Psalm H4210 of David H1732 . I will praise H3034 thee , O LORD H3068 , with my whole H3605 heart H3820 ; I will show forth H5608 all H3605 thy marvelous works H6381 .
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2. I'm whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I'm singing your song, High God.
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2. I will be glad H8055 and rejoice H5970 in thee : I will sing praise H2167 to thy name H8034 , O thou most High H5945 .
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3. The day my enemies turned tail and ran, they stumbled on you and fell on their faces.
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3. When mine enemies H341 are turned H7725 back H268 , they shall fall H3782 and perish H6 at thy presence H4480 H6440 .
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4. You took over and set everything right; when I needed you, you were there, taking charge.
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4. For H3588 thou hast maintained H6213 my right H4941 and my cause H1779 ; thou satest H3427 in the throne H3678 judging H8199 right H6664 .
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5. You blow the whistle on godless nations; you throw dirty players out of the game, wipe their names right off the roster.
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5. Thou hast rebuked H1605 the heathen H1471 , thou hast destroyed H6 the wicked H7563 , thou hast put out H4229 their name H8034 forever H5769 and ever H5703 .
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6. Enemies disappear from the sidelines, their reputation trashed, their names erased from the halls of fame.
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6. O thou enemy H341 , destructions H2723 are come to a perpetual end H8552 H5331 : and thou hast destroyed H5428 cities H5892 ; their memorial H2143 is perished H6 with them H1992 .
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7. GOD holds the high center, he sees and sets the world's mess right.
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7. But the LORD H3068 shall endure H3427 forever H5769 : he hath prepared H3559 his throne H3678 for judgment H4941 .
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8. He decides what is right for us earthlings, gives people their just deserts.
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8. And he H1931 shall judge H8199 the world H8398 in righteousness H6664 , he shall minister judgment H1777 to the people H3816 in uprightness H4339 .
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9. GOD's a safe-house for the battered, a sanctuary during bad times.
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9. The LORD H3068 also will be H1961 a refuge H4869 for the oppressed H1790 , a refuge H4869 in times H6256 of trouble H6869 .
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10. The moment you arrive, you relax; you're never sorry you knocked.
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10. And they that know H3045 thy name H8034 will put their trust H982 in thee: for H3588 thou, LORD H3068 , hast not H3808 forsaken H5800 them that seek H1875 thee.
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11. Sing your songs to Zion-dwelling GOD, tell his stories to everyone you meet:
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11. Sing praises H2167 to the LORD H3068 , which dwelleth H3427 in Zion H6726 : declare H5046 among the people H5971 his doings H5949 .
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12. How he tracks down killers yet keeps his eye on us, registers every whimper and moan.
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12. When H3588 he maketh inquisition H1875 for blood H1818 , he remembereth H2142 them : he forgetteth H7911 not H3808 the cry H6818 of the humble H6035 .
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13. Be kind to me, GOD; I've been kicked around long enough. Once you've pulled me back from the gates of death,
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13. Have mercy H2603 upon me , O LORD H3068 ; consider H7200 my trouble H6040 which I suffer of them that hate H4480 H8130 me , thou that liftest me up H7311 from the gates H4480 H8179 of death H4194 :
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14. I'll write the book on Hallelujahs; on the corner of Main and First I'll hold a street meeting; I'll be the song leader; we'll fill the air with salvation songs.
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14. That H4616 I may show forth H5608 all H3605 thy praise H8416 in the gates H8179 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 : I will rejoice H1523 in thy salvation H3444 .
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15. They're trapped, those godless countries, in the very snares they set, Their feet all tangled in the net they spread.
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15. The heathen H1471 are sunk down H2883 in the pit H7845 that they made H6213 : in the net H7568 which H2098 they hid H2934 is their own foot H7272 taken H3920 .
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16. They have no excuse; the way God works is well-known. The cunning machinery made by the wicked has maimed their own hands.
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16. The LORD H3068 is known H3045 by the judgment H4941 which he executeth H6213 : the wicked H7563 is snared H3369 in the work H6467 of his own hands H3709 . Higgaion H1902 . Selah H5542 .
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17. The wicked bought a one-way ticket to hell.
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17. The wicked H7563 shall be turned H7725 into hell H7585 , and all H3605 the nations H1471 that forget H7913 God H430 .
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18. No longer will the poor be nameless-- no more humiliation for the humble.
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18. For H3588 the needy H34 shall not H3808 always H5331 be forgotten H7911 : the expectation H8615 of the poor H6041 shall not perish H6 forever H5703 .
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19. Up, GOD! Aren't you fed up with their empty strutting? Expose these grand pretensions!
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19. Arise H6965 , O LORD H3068 ; let not H408 man H582 prevail H5810 : let the heathen H1471 be judged H8199 in H5921 thy sight H6440 .
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20. Shake them up, GOD! Show them how silly they look.
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20. Put H7896 them in fear H4172 , O LORD H3068 : that the nations H1471 may know H3045 themselves H1992 to be but men H582 . Selah H5542 .
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