Psalm 9:1-14

Good News Translation

Thanksgiving to God for His Justice^[a]

9 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the wonderful things you have done.
²I will sing with joy because of you.
I will sing praise to you, Almighty God.

³My enemies turn back when you appear;
they fall down and die.
⁴You are fair and honest in your judgments,
and you have judged in my favor.

⁵You have condemned the heathen
    and destroyed the wicked;
    they will be remembered no more.
⁶Our enemies are finished forever;
    you have destroyed their cities,
    and they are completely forgotten.

⁷But the Lord is king forever;
he has set up his throne for judgment.
⁸He rules the world with righteousness;
he judges the nations with justice.

⁹The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a place of safety in times of trouble.
¹⁰Those who know you, Lord, will trust you;
you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

¹¹Sing praise to the Lord, who rules in Zion!
    Tell every nation what he has done!
¹²God remembers those who suffer;
    he does not forget their cry,
    and he punishes those who wrong them.

¹³^(A)Be merciful to me, O Lord!
    See the sufferings my enemies cause me!
Rescue me from death, O Lord,
¹⁴    that I may stand before the people of Jerusalem
    and tell them all the things for which I praise you.
I will rejoice because you saved me.