Psalm 9  Good News Translation

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

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

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

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

¹¹ Sing praise to the Lord, who rules in Zion!
    Tell every nation what he has done!
¹² God 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.

¹⁵ The heathen have dug a pit and fallen in;
    they have been caught in their own trap.
¹⁶ The Lord has revealed himself by his righteous judgments,
    and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

¹⁷ Death is the destiny of all the wicked,
    of all those who reject God.
¹⁸ The needy will not always be neglected;
    the hope of the poor will not be crushed forever.

¹⁹ Come, Lord! Do not let anyone defy you!
    Bring the heathen before you
    and pronounce judgment on them.
²⁰ Make them afraid, O Lord;
    make them know that they are only mortal beings.