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Psalms 9

9
Praise for Yahweh’s Justice
For the music director, according to Muth-labben.#Meaning uncertain A psalm of David.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1I will thank Yahweh with all my heart.
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing the praise of your name, O Most High.
3When my enemies turn back,
they will stumble and perish because of your presence.
4For you have maintained my just cause;
you have sat on the throne judging correctly.
5You have rebuked the nations;
you have destroyed the wicked.
Their name you have blotted out
forever and ever.
6The enemies are destroyed in ruins forever,
and you have uprooted their cities;
their very memory has perished.
7But Yahweh sits enthroned forever.
He has established his throne for judgment.
8And he will judge the world with righteousness.
He will judge the peoples with equity.
9And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of distress.
10And those who know your name will trust in you,
for you do not forsake those who seek you, O Yahweh.
11Sing praises to Yahweh who sits enthroned#Or “who dwells” in Zion.
Tell his deeds among the peoples,
12for he who avenges bloodshed#Literally “seeks bloods” remembers them.
He does not forget the distressed cry of the afflicted.
13Be gracious to me, O Yahweh.
See my suffering from those who hate me,
you who lift me up from the gates of death,
14so that I may tell of all your praises.
In the gates of the daughter of Zion
let me rejoice in your salvation.
15The nations have fallen in the pit that they made;
their foot is caught in the net that they hid.
16Yahweh has made himself known;
he has executed judgment.
The wicked is snared by the work of his hands. Higgaion#Hebrew musical term Selah
17The wicked shall turn back to Sheol,
all the nations forgetting God,
18for the needy shall not always be forgotten;
the hope of the poor shall never perish.
19Rise up, O Yahweh, let not humans#Hebrew “human” prevail;
let the nations be judged before you.
20O Yahweh, put them in fear.
Let the nations know they are merely human. Selah

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