Psalms 9
1 For the Leader; upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all Thy marvellous works.
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 exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High:
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they stumble and perish at Thy presence;
When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
4 For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.
For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.
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 is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.
But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
8 And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.
And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
9 The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;
And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
10 And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
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 dwelleth in Zion; declare among the peoples His doings.
Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
12 For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.
For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
13 Be gracious unto me, O LORD, behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest 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 tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in Thy 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 are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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 hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
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 shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in Thy sight.
Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
20 Set terror over them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. (Selah)
Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
