1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.

2 I will be filled with joy because of you.
    I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
3 My enemies retreated;
    they staggered and died when you appeared.

4 For you have judged in my favor;
    from your throne you have judged with fairness.

5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
    you have erased their names forever.

6 The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;
    the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.
7 But the Lord reigns forever,
    executing judgment from his throne.

8 He will judge the world with justice
    and rule the nations with fairness.

9 The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed,
    a refuge in times of trouble...