³ When I ^[c](E)consider ^(F)Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The ^(G)moon and the stars, which You have set in place;
^4 (H)What is man that You think of him,
And a son of man that You are concerned about him?
⁵ Yet You have made him a ^(I)little lower than ^[d]God,
And ^(J)You crown him with ^(K)glory and majesty!
⁶ You have him ^(L)rule over the works of Your hands;
You have ^(M)put everything under his feet,
⁷ All sheep and oxen,
And also the animals of the field,
⁸ The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

^9 (N)Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

³ When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and ^(F)perish before You.
⁴ For You have ^(G)maintained ^[c]my just cause;
You have sat on the throne ^[d](H)judging righteously.
⁵ You have ^(I)rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked;
You have ^(J)wiped out their name forever and ever.
^6 [e]The enemy has come to an end in everlasting ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very ^(K)memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the ^(L)Lord ^[f]sits as King forever;
He has established His ^(M)throne for judgment,
⁸ And He will ^(N)judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples fairly.
^9 [g]The Lord will also be a ^(O)stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
¹⁰ And ^[h]those who ^(P)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, Lord, have not ^(Q)abandoned those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who ^(R)dwells in Zion;
^(S)Declare His deeds among the peoples.
¹² For ^(T)He who ^[i]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget ^(U)the cry of the needy.
¹³ Be gracious to me, Lord;
See my oppression from those ^(V)who hate me,
You who ^(W)lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ So that I may tell of ^(X)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may ^(Y)rejoice in Your ^[j]salvation.
¹⁵ The nations have sunk down ^(Z)into the pit which they have made;
In the ^(AA)net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
¹⁶ The Lord has ^(AB)made Himself known;
He has ^(AC)executed judgment.
A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. ^[k]Higgaion Selah

¹⁷ The wicked will ^[l](AD)return to ^[m]Sheol,
All the nations who ^(AE)forget God.
¹⁸ For the ^(AF)needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the ^(AG)hope of the afflicted perish forever.
^19 (AH)Arise, Lord, do not let mankind prevail;
Let the nations be ^(AI)judged before You.
²⁰ Put them ^(AJ)in fear, Lord;
Let the nations know that they are ^(AK)merely human. Selah