Psalms 9
1 For the choir director, to the tune “Mute-Labem.” A psalm of David.
2 I will praise the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.
3 I will rejoice and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, Most High.
4 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
5 For you upheld my right and my cause; you sat on the throne as a righteous judge.
6 You rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you erased their name forever.
7 The enemy lies in ruins forever; you tore down their cities, and their memory was lost.
8 But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
9 He judges the world with justice; he rules the peoples with fairness.
10 The LORD is a high refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.
11 Those who know your name trust in you, for you do not abandon those who seek you, LORD.
12 Sing praise to the LORD, who is enthroned in Zion; proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
13 For the one who calls people to account for blood remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the humble.
14 Have compassion on me, LORD; look on my suffering caused by those who hate me, you who lift me up from the gates of death.
15 Then I will tell of all your praises at the gates of Daughter Zion and rejoice in your salvation.
16 The nations sank into the pit they made; their feet were caught in the net they hid.
17 The LORD has made himself known; he has carried out justice. The wicked is caught in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
18 The wicked return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
19 For the needy will not be forgotten forever, nor will the hope of the poor be lost forever.
20 Rise up, LORD! Let no mere human prevail; let the nations be judged before you.
21 Put them in fear, LORD; let the nations know they are only human. Selah.
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