Psalms 9

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

13 Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

14 that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

17 The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

11 ¶ Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice 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.

16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.

19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah.

1 a psalm of David of fair youth, to be sung.

2 I thank the LORD with all my heart, and tell all thy wonders.

3 I am glad and rejoice in thee, and praise thy name, O most high,

4 That thou hast driven mine enemies after thee: they are fallen and perished before thee.

5 For thou hast executed my judgment and my cause: thou sittest upon the throne a righteous judge.

6 Thou reproachest the heathen, and destroyest the wicked: thou destroyest their name for ever and ever.

7 The swords of the enemy are ended; thou hast turned back the cities; their memory is perished with them.

8 But the LORD abideth for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

9 And he shall judge the earth righteously, and shall govern the people righteously.

10 And the LORD is the poor man's refuge, a refuge in trouble.

11 Therefore they that know thy name put their hope in thee: for they that seek thee, O LORD, trust not in thee.

12 Praise the LORD that dwelleth in Zion; declare his doings among the people.

13 For he remembereth and enquireeth after their blood: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

14 O Lord, have mercy upon me: behold my affliction among mine enemies, thou that liftest me up out of the gates of death,

15 That I may tell all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in thy salvation.

16 The heathen are sunk in the pit which they have made: their foot is caught in the net which they have made.

17 Thus it is known that the LORD worketh righteousness. The wicked is entangled in the work of his hands by the word. Sela.

18 Oh that the wicked should be turned into hell, all the heathen that forget God!

19 For he will not altogether forget the poor, neither will the hope of the needy be lost for ever.

20 Arise, O Lord, lest men prevail: let all the heathen be judged before thee.

21 Give them, O LORD, a Master, that the heathen may know that they are men. Sela.