Psalms 9

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 be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High.

³ When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee.

⁴ For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

⁵ Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

⁶ The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;

⁸ and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.

⁹ The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a 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 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!

¹² For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he 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 that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance.

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 LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [Higgaion. Selah]

¹⁷ The wicked shall depart to Sheol, 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 Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before thee!

²⁰ Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah]