The Psalms

chapter 9


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verse #1

For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.


verse #2

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.


verse #3

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.


verse #4

For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.


verse #5

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.


verse #6

The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.


verse #7

But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.


verse #8

He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.


verse #9

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.


verse #10

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.


verse #11

Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.


verse #12

For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.


verse #13

Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,


verse #14

that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.


verse #15

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.


verse #16

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.


verse #17

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.


verse #18

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.


verse #19

Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.


verse #20

Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

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