Psalm 9-10  New American Standard Bible

³ When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and ^(F)perish before You.
⁴ For You have ^(G)maintained ^[c]my just cause;
You have sat on the throne ^[d](H)judging righteously.
⁵ You have ^(I)rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked;
You have ^(J)wiped out their name forever and ever.
^6 [e]The enemy has come to an end in everlasting ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very ^(K)memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the ^(L)Lord ^[f]sits as King forever;
He has established His ^(M)throne for judgment,
⁸ And He will ^(N)judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples fairly.
^9 [g]The Lord will also be a ^(O)stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
¹⁰ And ^[h]those who ^(P)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, Lord, have not ^(Q)abandoned those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who ^(R)dwells in Zion;
^(S)Declare His deeds among the peoples.
¹² For ^(T)He who ^[i]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget ^(U)the cry of the needy.
¹³ Be gracious to me, Lord;
See my oppression from those ^(V)who hate me,
You who ^(W)lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ So that I may tell of ^(X)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may ^(Y)rejoice in Your ^[j]salvation.
¹⁵ The nations have sunk down ^(Z)into the pit which they have made;
In the ^(AA)net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
¹⁶ The Lord has ^(AB)made Himself known;
He has ^(AC)executed judgment.
A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. ^[k]Higgaion Selah

¹⁷ The wicked will ^[l](AD)return to ^[m]Sheol,
All the nations who ^(AE)forget God.
¹⁸ For the ^(AF)needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the ^(AG)hope of the afflicted perish forever.
^19 (AH)Arise, Lord, do not let mankind prevail;
Let the nations be ^(AI)judged before You.
²⁰ Put them ^(AJ)in fear, Lord;
Let the nations know that they are ^(AK)merely human. Selah

³ For the wicked ^(AP)boasts of his ^(AQ)soul’s desire,
And ^[p]the greedy person curses and ^(AR)shows disrespect to the Lord.
⁴ The wicked, ^[q]in his haughtiness, ^(AS)does not seek Him.
^(AT)There is no God in all his schemes.

⁵ His ways ^(AU)succeed at all times;
Yet Your judgments are on high, ^(AV)out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
⁶ He says to himself, “^(AW)I will not be moved;
^[r]Throughout the generations ^(AX)I will not be in adversity.”
⁷ His ^(AY)mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and ^(AZ)oppression;
^(BA)Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
⁸ He sits in the ^(BB)lurking places of the villages;
He ^(BC)kills the innocent in the secret places;
His eyes ^[s]surreptitiously watch for the ^[t](BD)unfortunate.
⁹ He lurks in secret like ^(BE)a lion in his ^[u]lair;
He ^(BF)lurks to catch ^(BG)the needy;
He catches the needy when he pulls him into his ^(BH)net.
¹⁰ Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;
And ^[v]unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
¹¹ He ^(BI)says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

¹² Arise, Lord; God, ^(BJ)lift up Your hand.
^(BK)Do not forget the humble.
¹³ Why has the wicked ^(BL)treated God disrespectfully?
He has said to himself, “^[w]You will not require an account.”
¹⁴ You have seen it, for You have looked at ^(BM)harm and provocation to ^[x]take it into Your hand.
The ^[y](BN)unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the ^(BO)helper of the orphan.
^15 (BP)Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
^[z](BQ)Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

¹⁶ The Lord is ^(BR)King forever and ever;
^(BS)Nations have perished from His land.
¹⁷ Lord, You have heard the ^(BT)desire of the humble;
You will ^(BU)strengthen their heart, ^(BV)You will make Your ear attentive
¹⁸ To ^[aa]vindicate the ^(BW)orphan and the ^(BX)oppressed,
So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause ^(BY)terror.