³ May the nations praise you, O God.
    Yes, may all the nations praise you.

²¹ Don’t let the downtrodden be humiliated again.
    Instead, let the poor and needy praise your name.

⁵ May the nations praise you, O God.
    Yes, may all the nations praise you.

¹⁷ I will bring honor to your name in every generation.
    Therefore, the nations will praise you forever and ever.

⁷ Bring me out of prison
    so I can thank you.
The godly will crowd around me,
    for you are good to me.”

¹⁸ For the dead^[a] cannot praise you;
    they cannot raise their voices in praise.
Those who go down to the grave
    can no longer hope in your faithfulness.
¹⁹ Only the living can praise you as I do today.
    Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.