微读圣经

Celebration of God’s Justice

For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. Perhaps a musical term A Davidic psalm.

1I will thank Yahweh with all my heart;

I will declare all Your wonderful works. 1Ch 16:9,24; Ps 26:7; 96:3; 105:2

2I will rejoice and boast about You; Ps 5:11

I will sing about Your name, Most High. Ps 7:17; 92:1

3When my enemies retreat,

they stumble and perish before You. Lv 26:37; Ps 27:2; 92:9

4For You have upheld my just cause; Lit my justice and my cause 1Kg 8:45,49,59; 2Ch 6:35,39

You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge. Ps 7:11

5You have rebuked the nations: Is 17:3

You have destroyed the wicked; Ps 68:2

You have erased their name forever and ever. Zch 13:2

6The enemy has come to eternal ruin;

You have uprooted the cities,

and the very memory of them has perished. Ps 34:16

7But the Lord sits enthroned forever; Ps 29:10; 102:12; Lm 5:19

He has established His throne for judgment. Ps 89:14

8He judges the world with righteousness;

He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. Ps 96:13; 98:9; Rv 19:11

9The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,

a refuge in times of trouble. Ps 14:6; Is 14:32

10Those who know Your name trust in You

because You have not abandoned

those who seek You, Yahweh. Ps 37:28; 94:14

11Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion; Ps 76:2

proclaim His deeds among the nations. 1Ch 16:8; Ps 105:1

12For the One who seeks an accounting

for bloodshed remembers them; Gn 9:5

He does not forget the cry of the afflicted. Ps 12:5; Pr 22:22-23

13Be gracious to me, Lord;

consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. Ps 69:14

Lift me up from the gates of death, Ps 30:3; 86:13

14so that I may declare all Your praises.

I will rejoice in Your salvation 1Sm 2:1

within the gates of Daughter Zion.

15The nations have fallen into the pit they made;

their foot is caught in the net they have concealed. Ps 7:15; 57:6; Pr 28:10

16The Lord has revealed Himself;

He has executed justice, Is 56:1

striking down Or justice, snaring the wicked LXX, Aq, Syr, Tg read justice, the wicked is trapped

by the work of their hands. Ps 3:7; Is 11:4Higgaion. Selah

17The wicked will return to Sheol Ps 31:17; 49:14; 55:15 —

all the nations that forget God. Jb 8:13; Ps 50:22

18For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the afflicted Alt Hb tradition reads humble will not perish forever. Ps 12:5; 72:4

19Rise up, Lord! Do not let man prevail;

let the nations be judged in Your presence. Ps 82:8; 110:6

20Put terror in them, Lord; Ps 14:5

let the nations know they are only men. Ps 62:9Selah