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2I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
3When mine enemies turn back,
4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
5Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name forever and ever.
6The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate forever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown,
7But Yahweh sitteth [as king] forever:
8And he will judge the world in righteousness,
9Yahweh also will be a high tower for the oppressed,
10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Yahweh, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwelleth in Zion:
12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
13Have mercy upon me, O Yahweh; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me,
14That I may show forth all thy praise.
15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made:
16Yahweh hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment:
17The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol,
18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten,
19Arise, O Yahweh; Let not man prevail:
20Put them in fear, O Yahweh: