Psalms 9

¹I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.

²I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

³When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

⁴For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.

⁵You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

⁶You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

⁷But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

⁸And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

⁹The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

¹⁰And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

¹¹Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

¹²When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

¹³Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

¹⁴So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

¹⁵The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

¹⁶The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

¹⁷The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

¹⁸For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

¹⁹Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

²⁰Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

Psalms 9

¹ALEPH I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

²I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

³When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

⁴For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

⁵You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

⁶The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

⁷But the Lord reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

⁸He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

⁹The Lord will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

¹⁰Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

¹²For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.

¹³Have mercy on me, Lord. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;

¹⁴that I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

¹⁶The Lord has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

¹⁷The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

¹⁹Arise, Lord! Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

²⁰Put them in fear, Lord. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.