Psalm 9

HCSB

Psalm 9

Celebration of God’s Justice

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I will thank Yahweh with all my heart;
I will declare all Your wonderful works.^(A)

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I will rejoice and boast about You;^(B)
I will sing about Your name, Most High.^(C)

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When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before You.^(D)

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For You have upheld my just cause;^(b)^(E)
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.^(F)

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You have rebuked the nations:^(G)
You have destroyed the wicked;^(H)
You have erased their name forever and ever.^(I)

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The enemy has come to eternal ruin;
You have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.^(J)

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But the Lord sits enthroned forever;^(K)
He has established His throne for judgment.^(L)

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He judges the world with righteousness;
He executes judgment on the nations with fairness.^(M)

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The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.^(N)

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Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.^(O)

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Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;^(P)
proclaim His deeds among the nations.^(Q)

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For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;^(R)
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.^(S)

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Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.^(T)
Lift me up from the gates of death,^(U)

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so that I may declare all Your praises.
I will rejoice in Your salvation^(V)
within the gates of Daughter Zion.

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The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.^(W)

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The Lord has revealed Himself;
He has executed justice,^(X)
striking down^(c) the wicked^(d)
by the work of their hands.^(Y)Higgaion. Selah

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The wicked will return to Sheol^(Z)—
all the nations that forget God.^(AA)

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For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the afflicted^(e) will not perish forever.^(AB)

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Rise up, Lord! Do not let man prevail;
let the nations be judged in Your presence.^(AC)

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Put terror in them, Lord;^(AD)
let the nations know they are only men.^(AE)Selah

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 9:1: Perhaps a musical term

b. Psalm 9:4: Lit my justice and my cause

c. Psalm 9:16: Or justice, snaring

d. Psalm 9:16: LXX, Aq, Syr, Tg read justice, the wicked is trapped

e. Psalm 9:18: Alt Hb tradition reads humble

Cross references:

A. Psalm 9:1: 1 Chronicles 16:9; 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalm 26:7; Psalm 96:3; Psalm 105:2

B. Psalm 9:2: Psalm 5:11

C. Psalm 9:2: Psalm 7:17; Psalm 92:1

D. Psalm 9:3: Leviticus 26:37; Psalm 27:2; Psalm 92:9

E. Psalm 9:4: 2 Chronicles 6:35; 2 Chronicles 6:39

F. Psalm 9:4: Psalm 7:11

G. Psalm 9:5: Isaiah 17:3

H. Psalm 9:5: Psalm 68:2

I. Psalm 9:5: Zechariah 13:2

J. Psalm 9:6: Psalm 34:16

K. Psalm 9:7: Psalm 29:10; Psalm 102:12

L. Psalm 9:7: Psalm 89:14

M. Psalm 9:8: Psalm 96:13; Psalm 98:9

N. Psalm 9:9: Psalm 14:6; Isaiah 14:32

O. Psalm 9:10: Psalm 37:28; Psalm 94:14

P. Psalm 9:11: Psalm 76:2

Q. Psalm 9:11: 1 Chronicles 16:8; Psalm 105:1

R. Psalm 9:12: Genesis 9:5

S. Psalm 9:12: Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 22:22-23

T. Psalm 9:13: Psalm 69:14

U. Psalm 9:13: Psalm 30:3; Psalm 86:13

V. Psalm 9:14: 1 Samuel 2:1

W. Psalm 9:15: Psalm 7:15; Psalm 57:6; Proverbs 28:10

X. Psalm 9:16: Isaiah 56:1

Y. Psalm 9:16: Psalm 3:7; Isaiah 11:4

Z. Psalm 9:17: Psalm 31:17; Psalm 49:14; Psalm 55:15

AA. Psalm 9:17: Job 8:13; Psalm 50:22

AB. Psalm 9:18: Psalm 12:5; Psalm 72:4

AC. Psalm 9:19: Psalm 82:8; Psalm 110:6

AD. Psalm 9:20: Psalm 14:5

AE. Psalm 9:20: Psalm 62:9