Psalms 9
1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David. I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise.
7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
13 Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
14 that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they have prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.
Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
