Psalm 9–10

Psalms IX. & X.

To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart;

I will shew forth all thy ^amarvellous works.

²I will be glad and ^brejoice in thee:

^cI will sing praise to thy name, ^dO 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 ^ein the throne judging right.

^5eeThou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,

Thou hast ^fput out their name for ever and ever.

^6gO thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:

And thou hast destroyed cities;

Their memorial is perished with them.

⁷But ^hthe Lord shall endure for ever:

He hath ⁱprepared his throne for judgment.

⁸And ^khe shall judge the world in righteousness,

^lHe shall minister judgment to the people ^lmin uprightness.

⁹The Lord also will be a refuge for ^mmthe oppressed,

A refuge ⁿin times of trouble.

¹⁰And they that ^oknow 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 ^phis doings.

¹²When ^qhe maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them:

He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

^13rHave mercy upon me, O Lord;

Consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me,

Thou that liftest me up from ^sthe gates of death:

¹⁴That I may shew forth all thy praise

In the gates of the daughter of Zion:

I will ^trejoice ^tuin thy salvation.

^15xThe heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made:

In the ^ynet which they hid is their own foot taken.

^16zThe Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth:

The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

Higgaion. Selah.

¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into hell,

And all the nations ^athat forget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not alway be forgotten:

^bThe expectation of ^cthe poor shall ^dnot 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 ^eknow themselves to be but men. Selah.

X.Why standest thou afar off, O Lord?

Why hidest thou thyself ^ain times of trouble?

²The wicked in his pride doth ^bpersecute the poor:

^cLet them be taken in the ^edevices that they have imagined.

³For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,

And blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

⁴The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after ^dGod:

God is not in all his ^ethoughts.

⁵His ways are always grievous;

^fThy judgments are far above out of his sight:

As for all his enemies, ^ghe puffeth at them.

^6hHe hath said in his heart, ⁱI shall not be moved:

^jFor I shall never be in adversity.

^7jjHis mouth is full of cursing and deceit and ^kfraud:

^lUnder his tongue is ^mmischief and vanity.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages:

ⁿIn the secret places doth he murder the innocent:

His eyes are privily set against ^othe poor.

^9pHe lieth in wait secretly ^qas a lion in his ^rden:

He lieth in wait to catch the poor:

He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into ^shis net.

¹⁰He croucheth, and ^thumbleth himself,

That ^othe poor may fall by his strong ones.

^11hHe hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:

^uHe hideth his face; ^xhe will never see it.

¹²Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand:

Forget not the humble.

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked ^ycontemn God?

^hHe hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not ^zrequire it.

¹⁴Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite,

^aTo requite it with thy hand:

^oThe poor ^bcommitteth himself unto thee;

^cThou art the helper of the fatherless.

^15dBreak thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man:

^zSeek out his wickedness till thou find none.

^16eThe Lord is King for ever and ever:

The heathen are perished out of his land.

¹⁷Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the ^fhumble:

Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

¹⁸To ^gjudge the fatherless and ^hthe oppressed,

That ⁱthe man of the earth may no more oppress.