Psalms 9

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 For the leader; according to Muth Labben. A psalm of David.	1 To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy wonderful deeds.
2 I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous deeds.	2 I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High.
3 I will delight and rejoice in you; I will sing hymns to your name, Most High.	3 When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee.
4 For my enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.	4 For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
5 You upheld my right and my cause, seated on your throne, judging justly.	5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 You rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked; their name you blotted out for all time	6 The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
7 The enemies have been ruined forever; you destroyed their cities; their memory has perished.	7 But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;
8 The LORD rules forever, has set up a throne for judgment.	8 and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.
9 It is God who governs the world with justice, who judges the peoples with fairness.	9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, stronghold in times of trouble.	10 And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.
11 Those who honor your name trust in you; you never forsake those who seek you, LORD.	11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
12 Sing hymns to the LORD enthroned on Zion; proclaim God's deeds among the nations!	12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 For the avenger of bloodshed remembers, does not forget the cry of the afflicted.	13 Be gracious to me, O LORD! Behold what I suffer from those who hate me, O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
14 Have mercy on me, LORD; see how my foes afflict me! You alone can raise me from the gates of death.	14 that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance.
15 Then I will declare all your praises, sing joyously of your salvation in the gates of daughter Zion.	15 The nations have sunk in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught.
16 The nations fall into the pit they dig; in the snare they hide, their own foot is caught.	16 The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [Higgaion. Selah]
17 The LORD is revealed in this divine rule: by the deeds they do the wicked are trapped. Higgaion. Selah	17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
18 To Sheol the wicked will depart, all the nations that forget God.	18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 The needy will never be forgotten, nor will the hope of the afflicted ever fade.	19 Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before thee!
20 Arise, LORD, let no mortal prevail; let the nations be judged in your presence.	20 Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah]
21 Strike them with terror, LORD; show the nations they are mere mortals. Selah