³ My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
⁴ For you have upheld my right^(A) and my cause,^(B)
    sitting enthroned^(C) as the righteous judge.^(D)
5 You have rebuked the nations^(E) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(F) for ever and ever.
⁶ Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(G)
    even the memory of them^(H) has perished.

⁷ The Lord reigns forever;^(I)
    he has established his throne^(J) for judgment.
⁸ He rules the world in righteousness^(K)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(L)

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(A)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(B)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[a](C)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(D)
    all the nations that forget God.^(E)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope^(F) of the afflicted^(G) will never perish.

¹⁹ Arise,^(H) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(I)
    let the nations be judged^(J) in your presence.
²⁰ Strike them with terror,^(K) Lord;
    let the nations know they are only mortal.^(L)