Psalms 9
9
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
9
Thanksgiving to God for his Justice#Ps 9 Hebrew title: A psalm by David.
1I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the wonderful things you have done.
2I will sing with joy because of you.
I will sing praise to you, Almighty God.
3My enemies turn back when you appear;
they fall down and die.
4You are fair and honest in your judgements,
and you have judged in my favour.
5You have condemned the heathen
and destroyed the wicked;
they will be remembered no more.
6Our enemies are finished for ever;
you have destroyed their cities,
and they are completely forgotten.
7But the LORD is king for ever;
he has set up his throne for judgement.
8He rules the world with righteousness;
he judges the nations with justice.
9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,
a place of safety in times of trouble.
10Those who know you, LORD, will trust you;
you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.
11Sing praise to the LORD, who rules in Zion!
Tell every nation what he has done!
12God remembers those who suffer;
he does not forget their cry,
and he punishes those who wrong them.
13Be merciful to me, O LORD!
See the sufferings my enemies cause me!
Rescue me from death, O LORD,
14that I may stand before the people of Jerusalem
and tell them all the things for which I praise you.
I will rejoice because you saved me.
15The heathen have dug a pit and fallen in;
they have been caught in their own trap.
16The LORD has revealed himself by his righteous judgements,
and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.
17Death is the destiny of all the wicked,
of all those who reject God.
18The needy will not always be neglected;
the hope of the poor will not be crushed for ever.
19Come, LORD! Do not let human beings defy you!
Bring the heathen before you
and pronounce judgement on them.
20Make them afraid, O LORD;
make them know that they are only mortal beings.
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