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(a) God is not praised unless the whole glory is given to him alone. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. For {b} thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
(b) However the enemy seems for a time to prevail yet God preserves the just. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. {c} O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
(c) A derision of the enemy that minds nothing but destruction: but the Lord will deliver his, and bring him into judgment. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. The LORD also will be a refuge for the {d} oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
(d) Our miseries are meant to cause us to feel God's present care over us. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. {e} When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
(e) Though God does not suddenly avenge the wrong done to his, yet he does not permit the wicked to go unpunished. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the {f} gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
(f) In the open assembly of the Church. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The heathen are {g} sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
(g) For God overthrows the wicked in their enterprises. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. {h} The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
(h) The mercy of God toward his saints must be declared and the fall of the wicked must always be considered. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation {i} of the poor shall not perish for ever.
(i) God does not promise to help us before we have felt the cross. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but {k} men. Selah. (k) Which they cannot learn without the fear of your judgment. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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