Psalm 9–10

Psalm 9

Celebration of God’s Justice

For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. ^vA Davidic psalm.

¹I will thank Yahweh with all my heart;

I will declare all Your wonderful works. ^w

²I will rejoice and boast about You; ^x

I will sing about Your name, Most High. ^y

³When my enemies retreat,

they stumble and perish before You. ^z

⁴For You have upheld my just cause; ^ab

You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge. ^c

⁵You have rebuked the nations: ^d

You have destroyed the wicked; ^e

You have erased their name forever and ever. ^f

⁶The enemy has come to eternal ruin;

You have uprooted the cities,

and the very memory of them has perished. ^g

⁷But the Lord sits enthroned forever; ^h

He has established His throne for judgment. ⁱ

⁸He judges the world with righteousness;

He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. ^j

⁹The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,

a refuge in times of trouble. ^k

¹⁰Those who know Your name trust in You

because You have not abandoned

those who seek You, Yahweh. ^l

¹¹Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion; ^m

proclaim His deeds among the nations. ⁿ

¹²For the One who seeks an accounting

for bloodshed remembers them; ^o

He does not forget the cry of the afflicted. ^p

¹³Be gracious to me, Lord;

consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. ^q

Lift me up from the gates of death, ^r

¹⁴so that I may declare all Your praises.

I will rejoice in Your salvation ^s

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. ^t

¹⁶The Lord has revealed Himself;

He has executed justice, ^u

striking down ^vthe wicked ^w

by the work of their hands. ^xHiggaion. Selah

¹⁷The wicked will return to Sheol ^y—

all the nations that forget God. ^z

¹⁸For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the afflicted ^awill not perish forever. ^b

¹⁹Rise up, Lord! Do not let man prevail;

let the nations be judged in Your presence. ^c

²⁰Put terror in them, Lord; ^d

let the nations know they are only men. ^eSelah

Psalm 10

¹Lord, ^fgwhy do You stand so far away? ^h

Why do You hide in times of trouble? ⁱ

²In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;

let them be caught in the schemes they have devised. ^j

³For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; ^k

the one who is greedy curses ^land despises the Lord. ^m

⁴In all his scheming,

the wicked arrogantly thinks: ⁿ

“There is no accountability,

since God does not exist.” ^o

⁵His ways are always secure; ^p

Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight;

he scoffs at all his adversaries. ^q

⁶He says to himself, “I will never be moved—

from generation to generation without calamity.” ^r

⁷Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;

trouble and malice are under his tongue. ^s

⁸He waits in ambush near the villages; ^t

he kills the innocent in secret places.

His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless; ^u

⁹he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.

He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;

he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

¹⁰So he is oppressed and beaten down;

the helpless fall because of his strength. ^v

¹¹He says to himself, “God has forgotten;

He hides His face and will never see.” ^w

¹²Rise up, Lord God! Lift up Your hand. ^x

Do not forget the afflicted. ^y

¹³Why has the wicked person despised God?

He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.” ^z

¹⁴But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,

observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands. ^a

The helpless entrusts himself to You;

You are a helper of the fatherless. ^b

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and evil person; ^c

call his wickedness into account

until nothing remains of it. ^de

¹⁶The Lord is King forever and ever; ^f

the nations will perish from His land. ^g

¹⁷Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; ^h

You will strengthen their hearts.

You will listen carefully, ⁱ

¹⁸doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed

so that men of the earth may terrify them no more. ^j