³ When my enemies turn and retreat,
    they fall down and die right in front of you
⁴     because you have established justice
        for me and my claim,
    because you rule from the throne,
        establishing justice rightly.

⁵ You’ve denounced the nations,
    destroyed the wicked.
    You’ve erased their names for all time.
⁶ Every enemy is wiped out,
    like something ruined forever.
You’ve torn down their cities—
    even the memory of them is dead.

⁷ But the Lord rules forever!
    He assumes his throne
    for the sake of justice.
⁸ He will establish justice in the world rightly;
    he will judge all people fairly.
⁹ The Lord is a safe place for the oppressed—
    a safe place in difficult times.
¹⁰ Those who know your name trust you
    because you have not abandoned
    any who seek you, Lord.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who lives in Zion!
    Proclaim his mighty acts among all people!
¹² Because the one who avenges bloodshed
    remembers those who suffer;
    the Lord hasn’t forgotten their cries for help.

¹³ Have mercy on me, Lord!
    Just look how I suffer
    because of those who hate me.
But you are the one who brings me back
    from the very gates of death
¹⁴         so I can declare all your praises,
        so I can rejoice in your salvation
        in the gates of Daughter Zion.

¹⁵ The nations have fallen
    into the hole they themselves made!
    Their feet are caught
        in the very net they themselves hid!
¹⁶ The Lord is famous for the justice he has done;
    it’s his own doing that the wicked are trapped. Higgayon. Selah

¹⁷ Let the wicked go straight to the grave,
    the same for every nation that forgets God.

¹⁸ Because the poor won’t be forgotten forever,
    the hope of those who suffer won’t be lost for all time.

¹⁹ Get up, Lord! Don’t let people prevail!
    Let the nations be judged before you.
²⁰ Strike them with fear, Lord.
    Let the nations know they are only human. Selah