Psalms 9
9
Thanksgiving for Victory and Prayer for Justice
1For the leader; according to Muth Labben.#Muth Labben: probably the melodic accompaniment of the Psalm, now lost. A psalm of David.
I
2I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will declare all your wondrous deeds.
3I will delight and rejoice in you;
I will sing hymns to your name, Most High.
4When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before you.
II
5For you upheld my right and my cause,
seated on your throne, judging justly.
6You rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked;
their name you blotted out for all time.#Jb 18:17.
7The enemies have been ruined forever;
you destroyed their cities;
their memory has perished.
III
8The Lord rules forever,
has set up his throne for judgment.
9It is he who judges the world with justice,#Ps 96:10; 98:9.
who judges the peoples with fairness.
10The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.#Ps 37:39; Is 25:4.
11Those who know your name trust in you;
you never forsake those who seek you, Lord.
IV
12Sing hymns to the Lord enthroned on Zion;
proclaim his deeds among the nations!
13For the avenger of bloodshed remembers,
does not forget the cry of the afflicted.#Jb 16:18.
V
14Be gracious to me, Lord;
see how my foes afflict me!
You alone can raise me from the gates of death.#Wis 16:13.
15Then I will declare all your praises,
sing joyously of your salvation
in the gates of daughter Zion.#Daughter Zion: an ancient Near Eastern city could sometimes be personified as a woman or a queen, the spouse of the god of the city.
VI
16The nations fall into the pit they dig;
in the snare they hide, their own foot is caught.
17#The Lord is revealed in making judgments: God has so made the universe that the wicked are punished by the very actions they perform. Selah: see note on Ps 3:3.The Lord is revealed in making judgments:
by the deeds they do the wicked are trapped.#Ps 35:8; Sir 27:26.
Higgaion. Selah#The Lord is revealed in making judgments: God has so made the universe that the wicked are punished by the very actions they perform. Selah: see note on Ps 3:3.
VII
18To Sheol the wicked will depart,
all the nations that forget God.
19For the needy will never be forgotten,
nor will the hope of the afflicted ever fade.#Prv 23:18.
20Arise, Lord, let no mortal prevail;
let the nations be judged in your presence.
21Strike them with terror, Lord;
show the nations they are only human.
Selah
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Psalm 9
9
Thanksgiving for God's Justice
To the chief Musician upon Muthlab´ben, A Psalm of David.
1I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart;
I will show forth all thy marvelous 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 show 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. Higgai´on. Selah.
17The wicked shall be turned into hell,#9.17 hell, Hebrew Sheol.
and all the nations that forget God.
18For the needy shall not always 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.
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