Psalm 9-12

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 destroyed the wicked;
You have ^(J)blotted out their name forever and ever.
^6 [e]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very ^(K)memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the ^(L)Lord ^[f]abides 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 with equity.
^9 [g]The Lord also will 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, O Lord, have not ^(Q)forsaken those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who ^(R)dwells in Zion;
^(S)Declare among the peoples His deeds.
¹² For ^(T)He who ^[i]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget ^(U)the cry of the afflicted.
¹³ Be gracious to me, O Lord;
See my affliction from those ^(V)who hate me,
You who ^(W)lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ 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)in 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.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. ^[k]Higgaion ^[l]Selah.

¹⁷ The wicked will ^[m](AD)return to ^[n]Sheol,
Even 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, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be ^(AI)judged before You.
²⁰ Put them ^(AJ)in fear, O Lord;
Let the nations know that they are ^(AK)but men. Selah.

³ For the wicked ^(AP)boasts of his ^(AQ)heart’s desire,
And ^[r]the greedy man curses and ^(AR)spurns the Lord.
⁴ The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, ^(AS)does not seek Him.
All his ^[s]thoughts are, “^(AT)There is no God.”

⁵ His ways ^[t](AU)prosper at all times;
Your judgments are on high, ^(AV)out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.
⁶ He says to himself, “^(AW)I will not be moved;
^[u]Throughout all generations ^(AX)I will not be in adversity.”
⁷ His ^(AY)mouth is full of curses and deceit and ^(AZ)oppression;
^(BA)Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
⁸ He sits in the ^(BB)lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places he ^(BC)kills the innocent;
His eyes ^[v]stealthily watch for the ^[w](BD)unfortunate.
⁹ He lurks in a hiding place as ^(BE)a lion in his ^[x]lair;
He ^(BF)lurks to catch ^(BG)the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his ^(BH)net.
¹⁰ He ^[y]crouches, he ^[z]bows down,
And the ^[aa]unfortunate fall ^[ab]by his mighty ones.
¹¹ He ^(BI)says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

¹² Arise, O Lord; O God, ^(BJ)lift up Your hand.
^(BK)Do not forget the afflicted.
¹³ Why has the wicked ^(BL)spurned God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”
¹⁴ You have seen it, for You have beheld ^(BM)mischief and vexation to ^[ac]take it into Your hand.
The ^[ad](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,
^[ae](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 O Lord, You have heard the ^(BT)desire of the ^[af]humble;
You will ^(BU)strengthen their heart, ^(BV)You will incline Your ear
¹⁸ To ^[ag]vindicate the ^(BW)orphan and the ^(BX)oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause ^(BY)terror.

⁴ The Lord is in His ^(CF)holy temple; the ^[ai]Lord’s ^(CG)throne is in heaven;
His ^(CH)eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.
⁵ The Lord ^(CI)tests the righteous and ^(CJ)the wicked,
And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
⁶ Upon the wicked He will ^(CK)rain ^[aj]snares;
^(CL)Fire and brimstone and ^(CM)burning wind will be the portion of ^(CN)their cup.
⁷ For the Lord is ^(CO)righteous, ^(CP)He loves ^[ak]righteousness;
The upright will ^(CQ)behold His face.

⁶ The ^(CZ)words of the Lord are pure words;
As silver ^(DA)tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
⁷ You, O Lord, will keep them;
You will ^(DB)preserve him from this generation forever.
⁸ The ^(DC)wicked strut about on every side
When ^[ap](DD)vileness is exalted among the sons of men.