Psalm 9:1-Psalm 11:1 - Celebration Of God's Justice
1 For the choir director: according to Muth-labben.
I will declare all Your wonderful works.
I will sing about Your name, Most High.
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they stumble and perish before You.
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.
You have destroyed the wicked;
You have erased their name forever and ever.
You have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.
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He has established His throne for judgment.
He executes judgment on the nations with fairness.
a refuge in times of trouble.
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.
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proclaim His deeds among the nations.
for bloodshed remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
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consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,
I will rejoice in Your salvation
within the gates of Daughter Zion.
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their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.
He has executed justice,
striking down
by the work of their hands.
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all the nations that forget God.
the hope of the afflicted
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let the nations be judged in Your presence.
let the nations know they are only men.
1 Lord,
Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2 In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
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the one who is greedy curses
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”
Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight;
he scoffs at all his adversaries.
from generation to generation without calamity.”
trouble and malice are under his tongue.
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.
the helpless fall because of his strength.
He hides His face and will never see.”
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Do not forget the afflicted.
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.
call his wickedness into account
until nothing remains of it.
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the nations will perish from His land.
You will strengthen their hearts.
You will listen carefully,
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.
1 For the choir director. Davidic.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!