Psalm 9:1-Psalm 11:1 - Celebration Of God's Justice

¹ To the Chief Musician. To die for the Son. A Psalm of David. I will praise You, O Jehovah, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. ² I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

³ When my enemies have turned back, they shall fall and perish before You. ⁴ For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat in the throne judging right. ⁵ You have rebuked the heathen, You have destroyed the wicked, You have put out their name forever and ever. ⁶ The desolations of the enemy have come to an end forever, and You have destroyed the cities; their memorial has perished with them.

⁷ But Jehovah shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment. ⁸ And He shall judge the world in righteousness; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness. ⁹ Jehovah also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. ¹⁰ And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion; declare among the nations His deeds. ¹² For He remembers them, the seekers of bloodshed; He forgets not the cry of the humble.

¹³ Have mercy on me, O Jehovah; see my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, ¹⁴ so that I may declare all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; I will rejoice in Your salvation.

¹⁵ The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their foot is caught in the net which they hid. ¹⁶ Jehovah is known. He has executed judgment; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. A meditation. Selah.

¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God. ¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

¹⁹ Arise, O Jehovah; let not man be strong. Let the nations be judged in Your sight. ²⁰ Put them in fear, O Jehovah, let the nations know they are but men. Selah.

¹ Why do You stand afar off, O Jehovah? Will You hide in times of trouble? ² The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the plans that they have imagined.

³ For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous whom Jehovah despises. ⁴ Through the pride of his face the wicked will not seek Him; There is no God in all his schemes. ⁵ His ways are always perverted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he puffs at them. ⁶ He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation, never in evil! ⁷ His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue are mischief and vanity. ⁸ He sits in the hiding-places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the poor. ⁹ He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. ¹⁰ He crouches and bows, and the poor have fallen by his might. ¹¹ He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will not see forever!

¹² Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble. ¹³ Why do the wicked condemn God? He has said in his heart, You will not judge. ¹⁴ You have seen it; for You behold mischief and vexation, to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless. ¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked and the evil one; seek out his wickedness, until You find none.

¹⁶ Jehovah is King forever and ever; the nations have perished out of His land. ¹⁷ Jehovah, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear, ¹⁸ to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, so that the man of the earth may no more terrify.

¹ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I put my trust in Jehovah; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to the mountains;