Psalm 9
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Psalm 9
Thanksgiving for God’s Justice.
For the music director; on #9:0 Meaning of the Heb uncertainMuth-labben. A Psalm of David.
1I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart;
I will tell of all Your #9:1 Or miracleswonders.
2I will rejoice and be jubilant in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3¶When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.
4For You have maintained #9:4 Lit my right and my causemy just cause;
You have sat on the throne #9:4 Or a righteous Judgejudging righteously.
5You have rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked;
You have wiped out their name forever and ever.
6 # 9:6 Or O enemy, desolations are finished forever; And their cities You have uprooted The enemy has come to an end in everlasting ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished.
7¶But the Lord #9:7 Or remains foreversits as King forever;
He has established His throne for judgment,
8And He will judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples fairly.
9 # 9:9 Or Let the Lord also be The Lord will also be a stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
10And #9:10 Or let those...name putthose who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.
11¶Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
Declare His deeds among the peoples.
12For He who #9:12 I.e., avenges bloodshedrequires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the needy.
13Be gracious to me, Lord;
See my oppression from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14So that I may tell of all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may rejoice in Your #9:14 Or deliverancesalvation.
15The nations have sunk down into the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16The Lord has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. #9:16 Perhaps, resounding music or meditationHiggaion Selah
17¶The wicked will #9:17 Or turnreturn to #9:17 I.e., the netherworldSheol,
All the nations who forget God.
18For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
19Arise, Lord, do not let mankind prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.
20Put them in fear, Lord;
Let the nations know that they are merely human. Selah
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