Psalms 9
9
Psalm 9#9.0 Ps 9 is an alphabetic acrostic poem (cf Ps 119) in Heb, with successive letters of the alphabet beginning every few lines, with only a few exceptions. Only ten letters are found in Ps 9; the sequence may be continued in Ps 10, suggesting that Pss 9–10 are a single poem.
For the music leader. According to Muth-labben.#9.0 Or Almuth labben; Heb uncertain, perhaps a reference to the melody; cf Pss 46:1; 48:14 A psalm of David.
1I will thank you, LORD, with all my heart;
I will talk about all your wonderful acts.
2I will celebrate and rejoice in you;
I will sing praises to your name, Most High.
3When my enemies turn and retreat,
they fall down and die right in front of you
4because you have established justice
for me and my claim,
because you rule from the throne,
establishing justice rightly.
5You’ve denounced the nations,
destroyed the wicked.
You’ve erased their names for all time.
6Every enemy is wiped out,
like something ruined forever.
You’ve torn down their cities—
even the memory of them is dead.
7But the LORD rules forever!
He assumes his throne
for the sake of justice.
8He will establish justice in the world rightly;
he will judge all people fairly.
9The LORD is a safe place for the oppressed—
a safe place in difficult times.
10Those who know your name trust you
because you have not abandoned
any who seek you, LORD.
11Sing praises to the LORD, who lives in Zion!
Proclaim his mighty acts among all people!
12Because the one who avenges bloodshed
remembers those who suffer;
the LORD hasn’t forgotten their cries for help.
13Have mercy on me, LORD!
Just look how I suffer
because of those who hate me.
But you are the one who brings me back
from the very gates of death
14so I can declare all your praises,
so I can rejoice in your salvation
in the gates of Daughter Zion.
15The nations have fallen
into the hole they themselves made!
Their feet are caught
in the very net they themselves hid!
16The LORD is famous for the justice he has done;
it’s his own doing that the wicked are trapped. Higgayon.#9.16 Heb uncertain; or recitation (see Pss 1:2; 19:14) or melody (see Ps 92:3). Selah
17Let the wicked go straight to the grave,#9.17 Heb Sheol
the same for every nation that forgets God.
18Because the poor won’t be forgotten forever,
the hope of those who suffer won’t be lost for all time.
19Get up, LORD! Don’t let people prevail!
Let the nations be judged before you.
20Strike them with fear, LORD.
Let the nations know they are only human. Selah
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Psalm 9
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I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds
# 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben.#9:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.
1I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your #Ps. 26:7; 40:5; 96:3; 105:5wonderful deeds.
2I will be glad and #Ps. 5:11 exult in you;
I will #Ps. 7:17 sing praise to your name, #See Ps. 83:18O Most High.
3When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before#9:3 Or because of your presence.
4For you have #Ps. 140:12 maintained my just cause;
you have #Ps. 29:10sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
5You have #Ps. 68:30 rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
you have #Deut. 9:14; 29:20; [Prov. 10:7]blotted out their name forever and ever.
6The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
their cities you rooted out;
the very memory of them has perished.
7But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for justice,
8and he #Ps. 58:11; 96:13; 98:9 judges the world with righteousness;
he #Ps. 96:10judges the peoples with uprightness.
9The Lord is #2 Sam. 22:3; [Prov. 18:10] a stronghold for #Ps. 10:18; 74:21 the oppressed,
a stronghold in #Ps. 10:1times of trouble.
10And those who #Ps. 91:14know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11Sing praises to the Lord, who #Ps. 76:2 sits enthroned in Zion!
Tell among the peoples his #Ps. 77:12; [Ps. 107:22]deeds!
12For he who #Gen. 9:5; [Ps. 10:13]; See 1 Kgs. 21:17-19 avenges blood is mindful of them;
he #ver. 18; Ps. 10:12; [Ps. 12:5]does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 #
Ps. 4:1 Be gracious to me, O Lord!
See my affliction from those who hate me,
O you who lift me up from #See Job 38:17the gates of death,
14that I may recount all your praises,
that in the gates of #2 Kgs. 19:21; Isa. 37:22 the daughter of Zion
I may #Ps. 13:5; 20:5; 21:1; 35:9; 1 Sam. 2:1rejoice in your salvation.
15The nations have sunk in #See Ps. 7:15 the pit that they made;
in #See Job 18:8the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16The Lord has made himself #Ex. 7:5; 14:4known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.#9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term Selah
17The wicked shall #[Gen. 3:19] return to Sheol,
all the nations that #Ps. 50:22; Job 8:13; Isa. 51:13forget God.
18For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and #[Prov. 23:18; 24:14]the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 # See Ps. 3:7 Arise, O Lord! Let not #[Ps. 10:18]man prevail;
let the nations be judged before you!
20Put them in fear, O Lord!
Let the nations know that they are but #[See ver. 19 above]men! Selah
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