Psalms 9

¹Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.

²I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.

³I will be glad, and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.

⁴When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and perish before thy face.

⁵For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.

⁶Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

⁷The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise:

⁸But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:

⁹And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.

¹⁰And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.

¹¹And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.

¹²Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

¹³For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.

¹⁴Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.

¹⁵Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

¹⁶I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.

¹⁷The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

¹⁸The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.

¹⁹For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.

²⁰Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.

²¹Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.

²²Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?

²³Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

²⁴For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.

²⁵The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:

²⁶God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.

²⁷For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.

²⁸His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labor and sorrow.

²⁹He sits in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.

³⁰His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

³¹In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.

³²For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.

³³Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.

³⁴Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.

³⁵Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

³⁶Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

³⁷The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.

³⁸The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

³⁹To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.

Psalms 9

¹I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

²I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

³When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

⁵Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

⁶O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

⁷But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

⁸And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

⁹The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

¹⁰And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

¹¹Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

¹²When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

¹³Have 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:

¹⁴That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

¹⁵The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

¹⁶The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

¹⁹Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

²⁰Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.