Psalms 9
1 I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvelous works.
For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son. I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O you most High.
I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.
3 When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.
5 You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name for ever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.
6 O you enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and you have destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
10 And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations.
12 When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
13 Have mercy on me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death:
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause)
Let sinners be driven away into Hades, [even] all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight.
Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause)
