To the chief Musician on the death of Labben, A Psalm of David.

For the conductor, "the brightening of the youth," a psalm of David [(a song for the future, when the "youth" of Israel will be "brightened," when Israel's righteousness will emerge in retrospect and their salvation draw near with the destruction of Esav and his seed)].

I will praise Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will relate all Thy marvellous works.

I shall thank the L rd with all my heart; I shall relate all Your wonders [(the final redemption, which is equivalent to all of the foregoing miracles, viz. Jeremiah 23:7)].

I will be glad and rejoice in Thee: I will sing praise to Thy name, O Thou most High:

I shall rejoice and exult in You — I shall sing Your name [as] exalted [above all praise],

when my enemies are turned back, when they stumble and perish at Thy presence.

when my foes are turned back, when they stumble and go lost before You.

For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou didst sit on the throne giving righteous judgment.

For You have wrought my cause and my judgment. You have sat on the throne [of judgment], a righteous judge.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

[In my cause] You have rebuked "nations" [("The first of nations is Amalek" (Numbers 24:20)]; You have destroyed the wicked one [Esav]; You have wiped out their name forever [viz. Exodus 17:14].

The enemies are come to an end, in perpetual ruins: for Thou hast destroyed the cities; their memorial is perished.

The foe has been destroyed, [for] the swords [of hatred are against him] forever. And You have uprooted [their] cities [(never to be rebuilt, viz. Malachi 1:4)]; their memory is lost [forever].

But the Lord shall endure forever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.

And the L rd shall sit [on His throne] forever [(His name complete and His throne complete)], His throne established in judgment, [as opposed to the incomplete state (Exodus 17:16)],

And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

[whereas, before "the end of days,"] He would judge the world with righteousness [i.e., mercy]; nations, with justness [i.e., at a time when they were relatively just, e.g., at night, when they were sleeping].

The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

And [at the final redemption] the L rd will be a fortress to the crushed [Israel], a fortress in times of affliction.

And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek Thee.

And those who know Your name will trust in You; for You have not forsaken Your seekers, O L rd.

Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Żiyyon: declare among the peoples his doings.

They will sing to the L rd [when He returns] to dwell in Zion. They will relate His deeds among the peoples.

For he avenges blood, he remembers it: he does not forget the cry of the humble.

For the Seeker of blood(s) remembers them [the blood(s) that have been spilt in Israel]; He has not forgotten the cries of the humble.

Be gracious to me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer from those who hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

[Now, in exile,] be gracious unto me, O L rd. See my afflictions at the hands of my foes, my Lifter [(by Your redemption)] from the gates of death.

that I may relate all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Żiyyon. I will rejoice in Thy salvation.

So that I speak all of Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion and rejoice in Your salvation.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they have made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

[And this is what I will relate (viz. verse 12):] Nations have sunk in the pit that they have made. In this [very] net that they concealed is their foot ensnared.

The Lord is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (A Higgayon. Sela.)

The L rd is known by the judgment He performs. By the work of his hands, the wicked one is ensnared — Higayon [a psalm of meditation], Selah.

The wicked shall be turned back to She᾽ol, all the nations that forget God.

The wicked shall return to the pit, all the nations who forget G d.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

For not forever shall the poor one be forgotten; the hope of the humble [shall not be] lost forever.

Arise, O Lord; let man not prevail: let the nations be judged in Thy sight.

Arise, O L rd, [quickly, to do this]; let man [i.e., the wicked one] not [long] prevail [in his greatness]. Let nations be judged for [inciting] Your wrath [in the destruction of Your Temple].

Put them in fear, O Lord: the nations will then know themselves to be but men. (Sela.)

Place, O L rd, dominion over them. Let the nations know that they are mortals [(and not gods)], forevermore.