Psalm 8:title–9:20

For the director of music. According to gittith.^b A psalm of David.

¹Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name^m in all the earth!

You have set your gloryⁿ

in the heavens.^o

²Through the praise of children and infants

you have established a stronghold^p against your enemies,

to silence the foe^q and the avenger.

³When I consider your heavens,^r

the work of your fingers,^s

the moon and the stars,^t

which you have set in place,

⁴what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?^cu

⁵You have made them^d a little lower than the angels^ev

and crowned them^f with glory and honor.^w

⁶You made them rulers^x over the works of your hands;^y

you put everything under their^g feet:^z

⁷all flocks and herds,^a

and the animals of the wild,^b

⁸the birds in the sky,

and the fish in the sea,^c

all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!^d

Psalm 9^a,^b

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;^e

I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.^f

²I will be glad and rejoice^g in you;

I will sing the praises^h of your name,ⁱ O Most High.

³My enemies turn back;

they stumble and perish before you.

⁴For you have upheld my right^j and my cause,^k

sitting enthroned^l as the righteous judge.^m

⁵You have rebuked the nationsⁿ and destroyed the wicked;

you have blotted out their name^o for ever and ever.

⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,

you have uprooted their cities;^p

even the memory of them^q has perished.

⁷The Lord reigns forever;^r

he has established his throne^s for judgment.

⁸He rules the world in righteousness^t

and judges the peoples with equity.^u

⁹The Lord is a refuge^v for the oppressed,^w

a stronghold in times of trouble.^x

¹⁰Those who know your name^y trust in you,

for you, Lord, have never forsaken^z those who seek you.^a

¹¹Sing the praises^b of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^c

proclaim among the nations^d what he has done.^e

¹²For he who avenges blood^f remembers;

he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^g

¹³Lord, see how my enemies^h persecute me!

Have mercyⁱ and lift me up from the gates of death,^j

¹⁴that I may declare your praises^k

in the gates of Daughter Zion,^l

and there rejoice in your salvation.^m

¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;ⁿ

their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^o

¹⁶The Lord is known by his acts of justice;

the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^cp

¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^q

all the nations that forget God.^r

¹⁸But God will never forget the needy;

the hope^s of the afflicted^t will never perish.

¹⁹Arise,^u Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^v

let the nations be judged^w in your presence.

²⁰Strike them with terror,^x Lord;

let the nations know they are only mortal.^y