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For the director of music. A psalm of David to the tune of “The Death of the Son.”

Lord, I will give thanks to you with all my heart.
    I will tell about all the wonderful things you have done.
I will be glad and full of joy because of you.
    Most High God, I will sing the praises of your name.

My enemies turn back.
    They fall down and die right in front of you.
You have proved that I haven’t done anything wrong.
    You have sat on your throne and judged fairly.
You have punished the nations. You have destroyed evil people.
    You have erased their names from your book for ever and ever.
My enemies have been destroyed forever.
    You have leveled their cities to the ground.
    Even the memory of them is gone.

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Psalm 9[a][b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;(A)
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.(B)
I will be glad and rejoice(C) in you;
    I will sing the praises(D) of your name,(E) O Most High.

My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
For you have upheld my right(F) and my cause,(G)
    sitting enthroned(H) as the righteous judge.(I)
You have rebuked the nations(J) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name(K) for ever and ever.
Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;(L)
    even the memory of them(M) has perished.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.