Psalms 9

¹I will praise thee, O LORD! with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

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

³All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.

⁴For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.

⁵Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!

⁶The enemy is fallen,—a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!

⁷The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.

⁸He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.

⁹Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.

¹⁰They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!

¹¹Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!

¹²As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.

¹³"Have pity upon me, [said I,] O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; Lift me up from the gates of death:

¹⁴That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee."

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

¹⁶Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [Stringed instruments. Pause.]

¹⁷The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God.

¹⁸For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.

¹⁹Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!

²⁰Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Pause.]

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.