12 For [a]when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death,

14 That I may show all thy praises within the [b]gates of the daughter of Zion, and rejoice in thy salvation.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:12 Though God revengeth not suddenly the wrong done to his, yet he suffereth not the wicked unpunished.
  2. Psalm 9:14 In the open assembly of the Church.

12 For he who avenges blood(A) remembers;
    he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.(B)

13 Lord, see how my enemies(C) persecute me!
    Have mercy(D) and lift me up from the gates of death,(E)
14 that I may declare your praises(F)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,(G)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.(H)

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