Psalms 9
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Psalm 9
For the choir director; according to muth labben; #9:0 Or “almuth labben”; unknown musical term. a psalm by David.#9:0 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Greek, and Latin treat Psalms 9 and 10 as one psalm.
1I will give ⌞you⌟ thanks, O Lord, with all my heart.
I will tell about all the miracles you have done.
2I will find joy and be glad about you.
I will make music to praise your name, O Most High.
3When my enemies retreat, they will stumble and die in your presence.
4You have defended my just cause:
You sat down on your throne as a fair judge.
5You condemned nations.
You destroyed wicked people.
You wiped out their names forever and ever.
6The enemy is finished—in ruins forever.
You have uprooted their cities.
Even the memory of them has faded.
7Yet, the Lord is enthroned forever.
He has set up his throne for judgment.
8He alone judges the world with righteousness.
He judges ⌞its⌟ people fairly.
9The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
10Those who know your name trust you, O Lord,
because you have never deserted those who seek your help.
11Make music to praise the Lord, who is enthroned in Zion.
Announce to the nations what he has done.
12The one who avenges murder has remembered oppressed people.
He has never forgotten their cries.
13Have pity on me, O Lord.
Look at what I suffer because of those who hate me.
You take me away from the gates of death
14so that I may recite your praises one by one
in the gates of Zion
and find joy in your salvation.
15The nations have sunk into the pit they have made.
Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden ⌞to trap others⌟.
16The Lord is known by the judgment he has carried out.
The wicked person is trapped
by the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah
17Wicked people, all the nations who forget God,
will return to the grave.
18Needy people will not always be forgotten.
Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever.
19Arise, O Lord.
Do not let mortals gain any power.
Let the nations be judged in your presence.
20Strike them with terror, O Lord.
Let the nations know that they are ⌞only⌟ mortal. Selah
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Psalms 9
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Psalm 9
Celebration of God’s Justice
For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. A psalm of David.
1I will thank the Lord with all my heart;
I will declare all your wondrous works.#1Ch 16:9,24; Ps 26:7; 96:3; 105:2
2I will rejoice and boast about you;#Ps 5:11
I will sing about your name, Most High.#Ps 7:17; 92:1
3When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before you.#Lv 26:37; Ps 27:2; 92:9
4For you have upheld my just cause;#1Kg 8:45,49,59; 2Ch 6:35,39
you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.#Ps 7:11
5You have rebuked the nations:#Is 17:3
You have destroyed the wicked;#Ps 68:2
you have erased their name forever and ever.#Zch 13:2
6The enemy has come to eternal ruin;
you have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.#Ps 34:16
7But the Lord sits enthroned forever;#Ps 29:10; 102:12; Lm 5:19
he has established his throne for judgment.#Ps 89:14
8And he judges the world with righteousness;
he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.#Ps 96:13; 98:9; Rv 19:11
9The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted,
a refuge in times of trouble.#Ps 14:6; Is 14:32
10Those who know your name trust in you
because you have not abandoned
those who seek you, Lord.#Ps 37:28; 94:14
11Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;#Ps 76:2
proclaim his deeds among the nations.#1Ch 16:8; Ps 105:1
12For the one who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;#Gn 9:5
he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.#Ps 12:5; Pr 22:22–23
13Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.#Ps 69:14
Lift me up from the gates of death,#Ps 30:3; 86:13
14so that I may declare all your praises.
I will rejoice in your salvation#1Sm 2:1
within the gates of Daughter Zion.
15The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.#Ps 7:15; 57:6; Pr 28:10
16The Lord has made himself known;
he has executed justice,#Is 56:1
snaring the wicked
by the work of their hands.#Ps 3:7; Is 11:4Higgaion. Selah
17The wicked will return to Sheol#Ps 31:17; 49:14; 55:15 —
all the nations that forget God.#Jb 8:13; Ps 50:22
18For the needy will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the oppressed#9:18 Alt Hb tradition reads humble will not perish forever.#Ps 12:5; 72:4
19Rise up, Lord! Do not let mere humans prevail;
let the nations be judged in your presence.#Ps 82:8; 110:6
20Put terror in them, Lord;#Ps 14:5
let the nations know they are only humans.#Ps 62:9Selah
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