Psalm 9:1-10

Common English Bible

Psalm 9^[a]

For the music leader. According to Muth-labben.^[b] A psalm of David.

9 I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will talk about all your wonderful acts.
²I will celebrate and rejoice in you;
I will sing praises to your name, Most High.

³When my enemies turn and retreat,
    they fall down and die right in front of you
⁴    because you have established justice
        for me and my claim,
    because you rule from the throne,
        establishing justice rightly.

⁵You’ve denounced the nations,
    destroyed the wicked.
    You’ve erased their names for all time.
⁶Every enemy is wiped out,
    like something ruined forever.
You’ve torn down their cities—
    even the memory of them is dead.

⁷But the Lord rules forever!
    He assumes his throne
    for the sake of justice.
⁸He will establish justice in the world rightly;
    he will judge all people fairly.
⁹The Lord is a safe place for the oppressed—
    a safe place in difficult times.
¹⁰Those who know your name trust you
    because you have not abandoned
    any who seek you, Lord.

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Footnotes

Psalm 9:1 Ps 9 is an alphabetic acrostic poem (cf Ps 119) in Heb, with successive letters of the alphabet beginning every few lines, with only a few exceptions. Only ten letters are found in Ps 9; the sequence may be continued in Ps 10, suggesting that Pss 9–10 are a single poem.
Psalm 9:1 Or Almuth labben; Heb uncertain, perhaps a reference to the melody; cf Pss 46:1; 48:14