I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds

[a] To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben.[b] A Psalm of David.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm
  2. Psalm 9:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

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.

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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.

But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
    he has established his throne for justice,
and he (A)judges the world with righteousness;
    he (B)judges the peoples with uprightness.

The Lord is (C)a stronghold for (D)the oppressed,
    a stronghold in (E)times of trouble.
10 And those who (F)know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

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The Lord reigns forever;(A)
    he has established his throne(B) for judgment.
He rules the world in righteousness(C)
    and judges the peoples with equity.(D)
The Lord is a refuge(E) for the oppressed,(F)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.(G)
10 Those who know your name(H) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken(I) those who seek you.(J)

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