Psalm 9

Celebration of God's Justice

For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. A Davidic psalm.

1 I will thank Yahweh with all my heart;
I will declare all Your wonderful works.

2 I will rejoice and boast about You;
I will sing about Your name, Most High.

3 When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before You.
4 For You have upheld my just cause;
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked the nations:
You have destroyed the wicked;
You have erased their name forever and ever.

6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin;
You have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.

7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
He has established His throne for judgment.
8 He judges the world with righteousness;
He executes judgment on the nations with fairness.
9 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.

10 Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.

11 Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
proclaim His deeds among the nations.

12 For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13 Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,

14 so that I may declare all Your praises.
I will rejoice in Your salvation
within the gates of Daughter Zion.

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

16 The Lord has revealed Himself;
He has executed justice,
striking down the wicked
by the work of their hands. Higgaion . Selah

17 The wicked will return to Sheol-
all the nations that forget God.

18 For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.

19 Rise up, Lord! Do not let man prevail;
let the nations be judged in Your presence.

20 Put terror in them, Lord;
let the nations know they are only men. Selah

Psalm 9

1 I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

3 When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

6 The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

7 But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

9 Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.

12 For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

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

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

16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

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

18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

19 Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah