Psalm 9
For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David.
1 I will give thanks
to the LORD
with my whole heart.
I will tell of all your marvelous
works.
2 I
will be glad
and rejoice in you.
I will sing
praise to
your name, O Most
High.
3 When
my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish
in your presence.
4 For
you have maintained my just
cause.
You sit on
the throne judging righteously.
5 You
have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed
the wicked.
You have blotted
out their name
forever and ever.
6 The enemy
is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory
of the cities
which you
have overthrown has perished.
7 But
the LORD reigns
forever.
He has prepared
his throne for judgment.
8 He
will judge the
world in righteousness.
He will administer
judgment to
the peoples in uprightness.
9 The
LORD will also
be a high tower
for the oppressed;
a high tower in times
of trouble.
10 Those
who know your name
will put
their trust in you,
for you, LORD,
have not forsaken
those who seek you.
11 Sing
praises to the
LORD, who dwells
in Zion,
and declare among
the people what
he has done.
12 For
he who avenges blood remembers
them.
He doesn’t forget the cry
of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy
on me, LORD.
See my affliction by
those who hate me,
and lift me up
from the gates of
death,
14 that
I may show
all of your
praise.
I will rejoice in
your salvation in
the gates of
the daughter of Zion.
15 The nations
have sunk down in
the pit that they
made.
In the net which
they hid, their own foot
is taken.
16 The
LORD has made
himself known.
He has executed
judgment.
The wicked
is snared by the
work of his own
hands.
Meditation. Selah.
17 The
wicked shall be
turned back
to Sheol,
even all
the nations that forget
God.
18 For
the needy shall
not always
be forgotten,
nor the hope of
the poor perish forever.
19 Arise, LORD!
Don’t let man prevail.
Let the nations
be judged in
your sight.
20 Put
them in fear,
LORD.
Let the nations know
that they are only
men.
Selah.