³ When my enemies turn back,
    they stumble and perish before^[c] your presence.
⁴ For you have ^(E)maintained my just cause;
    you have ^(F)sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

⁵ You have ^(G)rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
    you have ^(H)blotted out their name forever and ever.
⁶ The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
    their cities you rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
    he has established his throne for justice,
⁸ and he ^(I)judges the world with righteousness;
    he ^(J)judges the peoples with uprightness.

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

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who ^(O)sits enthroned in Zion!
    Tell among the peoples his ^(P)deeds!
¹² For he who ^(Q)avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he ^(R)does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

^13 (S)Be gracious to me, O Lord!
    See my affliction from those who hate me,
    O you who lift me up from ^(T)the gates of death,
¹⁴ that I may recount all your praises,
    that in the gates of ^(U)the daughter of Zion
    I may ^(V)rejoice in your salvation.

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

¹⁷ The wicked shall ^(Z)return to Sheol,
    all the nations that ^(AA)forget God.

¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    and ^(AB)the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

^19 (AC)Arise, O Lord! Let not ^(AD)man prevail;
    let the nations be judged before you!
²⁰ Put them in fear, O Lord!
    Let the nations know that they are but ^(AE)men! Selah

² He who ^(D)walks blamelessly and ^(E)does what is right
    and ^(F)speaks truth in his heart;
³ who ^(G)does not slander with his tongue
    and does no evil to his neighbor,
    nor ^(H)takes up a reproach against his friend;
^4 (I)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
    but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who ^(J)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵ who ^(K)does not put out his money at interest
    and ^(L)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be ^(M)moved.

¹¹ Woe to those who ^(E)rise early in the morning,
    that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
    as wine inflames them!
^12 (F)They have lyre and harp,
    tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
^(G)but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
    or see the work of his hands.

¹⁸ Woe to those who draw iniquity with ^(A)cords of falsehood,
    who draw sin as with cart ropes,
¹⁹ who say: ^(B)“Let him be quick,
    let him speed his work
    that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
    and let it come, that we may know it!”
²⁰ Woe to ^(C)those who call evil good
    and good evil,
^(D)who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter!
²¹ Woe to those who are ^(E)wise in their own eyes,
    and shrewd in their own sight!
²² Woe to those who are ^(F)heroes at drinking wine,
    and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
²³ who ^(G)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
    and deprive the innocent of his right!