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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using the tune 'The death of my son'
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\q1
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\v 1 Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being.
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\q2 I will tell others about all the wonderful things that you have done.
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\q1
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\v 2 I will sing to celebrate what you, who are much greater than all other gods, have done.
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\q1
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\v 3 When my enemies realize that you are very powerful,
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\q2 they stumble, and then they are killed.
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\q1
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\v 4 You sit on your throne to judge people,
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\q2 and you have judged fairly concerning me.
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\q1
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\v 5 You rebuked the people of other nations,
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\q2 and you have gotten rid of the wicked people;
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\q2 you have erased their names forever.
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\q1
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\v 6 Our enemies have disappeared;
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\q2 you destroyed their cities,
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\q2 and people do not even remember them anymore.
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\v 7 But Yahweh rules forever.
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\q2 He judges people while he sits on his throne.
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\v 8 He will judge all the people in the world justly;
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\q2 he will judge the people of all nations fairly.
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\v 9 Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed;
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\q2 he will be like a shelter for them when they have trouble.
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\v 10 Those who know Yahweh trust in him;
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\q2 he never abandons those who come to him for help.
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\v 11 Yahweh rules on Mount Zion;
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\q2 praise him and sing to him.
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\q1 Tell the people of all the nations the marvelous things that he has done.
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\v 12 He does not forget to punish those who have murdered others;
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\q2 he will punish them,
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\q2 and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering.
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\v 13 Yahweh, act mercifully toward me!
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\q1 Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me.
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\q2 Do not allow me to die because of these injuries.
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\v 14 I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem
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\q2 and to rejoice because you rescued me.
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\v 15 It is as though the wicked people of many nations have dug a pit for me to fall into,
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\q2 but they have fallen into that same pit.
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\q1 It is as though they have spread out a net to catch me,
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\q2 but their feet have been caught in that same net.
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\v 16 Because of what you have done, people know that you make justice happen;
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\q2 you allow wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do.
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\v 17 Wicked people will all die and be buried in their graves;
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\q2 their spirits will go to be with all those who have forgotten about you.
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\v 18 But you will not forget those who are needy;
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\q2 what they confidently expect will never be in vain.
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\v 19 Yahweh, arise and judge the wicked people of the nations;
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\q2 do not allow them to think that because they are strong, they will never be punished.
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\v 20 Yahweh, teach them that they must be afraid of you and honor you.
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\q2 Cause them to know that they are only human beings.
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