Psalm 9:1-Psalm 11:1 - Celebration Of God's Justice
1 I will give thanks to LORD with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy marvelous works. 2 I will be glad and exult in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou have maintained my right and my cause. Thou sit in the throne judging righteously. 5 Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever. 6 The enemy have come to an end. They are desolate forever, and the cities which thou have overthrown. The very memory of them is perished,
7 but LORD will endure forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment, 8 and he will judge the world in righteousness. He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness. 9 LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble. 10 And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek thee.
11 Sing praises to LORD, who dwells in Zion. Declare among the people his doings. 12 For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD. Behold my affliction from those who hate me, thou who lifts me up from the gates of death 14 that I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. 16 LORD has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. 18 For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
19 Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear, O LORD. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah.
1 Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble? 2 In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
3 For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, [yea], despises LORD. 4 The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God. 5 His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them. 6 He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. 8 He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man. 9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lays in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net. 10 He crouches, he bows down, and helpless men fall by his strong men. 11 He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.
12 Arise, O LORD, O God, lift up thy hand. Do not forget the poor. 13 Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require [it]? 14 Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits [himself] to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and the evil man. His wickedness shall be sought, and shall not be found.
16 LORD is King forever and ever. The nations have perished out of his land. 17 LORD, thou have heard the desire of the humble. Thou will prepare their heart, thou will cause thine ear to hear, 18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may no more be appalling.
1 In LORD I take refuge. How will ye say to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain.