Psalms 9

¹ For the leader; according to Muth Labben. A psalm of David.

² I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous deeds.

³ I will delight and rejoice in you; I will sing hymns to your name, Most High.

⁴ For my enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

⁵ You upheld my right and my cause, seated on your throne, judging justly.

⁶ You rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked; their name you blotted out for all time

⁷ The enemies have been ruined forever; you destroyed their cities; their memory has perished.

⁸ The LORD rules forever, has set up a throne for judgment.

⁹ It is God who governs the world with justice, who judges the peoples with fairness.

¹⁰ The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, stronghold in times of trouble.

¹¹ Those who honor your name trust in you; you never forsake those who seek you, LORD.

¹² Sing hymns to the LORD enthroned on Zion; proclaim God's deeds among the nations!

¹³ For the avenger of bloodshed remembers, does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

¹⁴ Have mercy on me, LORD; see how my foes afflict me! You alone can raise me from the gates of death.

¹⁵ Then I will declare all your praises, sing joyously of your salvation in the gates of daughter Zion.

¹⁶ The nations fall into the pit they dig; in the snare they hide, their own foot is caught.

¹⁷ The LORD is revealed in this divine rule: by the deeds they do the wicked are trapped. Higgaion. Selah

¹⁸ To Sheol the wicked will depart, all the nations that forget God.

¹⁹ The needy will never be forgotten, nor will the hope of the afflicted ever fade.

²⁰ Arise, LORD, let no mortal prevail; let the nations be judged in your presence.

²¹ Strike them with terror, LORD; show the nations they are mere mortals. Selah