Psalm 9

PSALM 9

A Psalm of Thanksgiving for God’s Justice.

For the choir director; on ^†Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to the Lord with all ^amy heart;

I will ^btell of all Your ¹wonders.

²I will be glad and ^aexult in You;

I will ^bsing praise to Your name, O ^cMost High.

³When my enemies turn back,

They stumble and ^aperish before You.

⁴For You have ^amaintained ¹my just cause;

You have sat on the throne ^2bjudging righteously.

⁵You have ^arebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;

You have ^bblotted out their name forever and ever.

⁶¹The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,

And You have uprooted the cities;

The very ^amemory of them has perished.

⁷But the ^aLord ¹abides forever;

He has established His ^bthrone for judgment,

⁸And He will ^ajudge the world in righteousness;

He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.

⁹¹The Lord also will be a ^astronghold for the oppressed,

A stronghold in times of trouble;

¹⁰And ¹those who ^aknow Your name will put their trust in You,

For You, O Lord, have not ^bforsaken those who seek You.

¹¹Sing praises to the Lord, who ^adwells in Zion;

^bDeclare among the peoples His deeds.

¹²For ^aHe who ¹requires blood remembers them;

He does not forget ^bthe cry of the afflicted.

¹³Be gracious to me, O Lord;

See my affliction from those ^awho hate me,

You who ^blift me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴That I may tell of ^aall Your praises,

That in the gates of the daughter of Zion

I may ^brejoice in Your ¹salvation.

¹⁵The nations have sunk down ^ain the pit which they have made;

In the ^bnet which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

¹⁶The Lord has ^amade Himself known;

He has ^bexecuted judgment.

In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared.

¹Higgaion ²Selah.

¹⁷The wicked will ^1areturn to ²Sheol,

Even all the nations who ^bforget God.

¹⁸For the ^aneedy will not always be forgotten,

Nor the ^bhope of the afflicted perish forever.

^19aArise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;

Let the nations be ^bjudged before You.

²⁰Put them ^ain fear, O Lord;

Let the nations know that they are ^bbut men.

Selah.