3When my enemies turned back,
    they stumbled and perished before you.
4For you have maintained my just cause;
    you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

5You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins;
    their cities you have rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.

7But the Lord sits enthroned forever,
    he has established his throne for judgment.
8He judges the world with righteousness;
    he judges the peoples with equity.

9The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
    a stronghold in times of trouble.
10And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

11Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion.
    Declare his deeds among the peoples.
12For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13Be gracious to me, O Lord.
    See what I suffer from those who hate me;
    you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,
14so that I may recount all your praises,
    and, in the gates of daughter Zion,
    rejoice in your deliverance.

15The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
    in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.
16The Lord has made himself known, he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.Higgaion. Selah

17The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
    all the nations that forget God.

18For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

19Rise up, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail;
    let the nations be judged before you.
20Put them in fear, O Lord;
    let the nations know that they are only human.Selah