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Psalm 9
Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Will Judge the World in Righteousness

For the choir director. [a]Almuth-labben. A Psalm of David.

Aleph

9 [b]I will give thanks to Yahweh with all (A)my heart;
I will (B)recount all Your [c]wondrous deeds.

Aleph

2 I will be glad and (C)exult in You;
I will (D)sing praise to Your name, O (E)Most High.

Beth

3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and (F)perish before You.
4 For You have (G)maintained my [d]justice and my cause;
You have sat on the throne [e](H)judging righteously.

Gimel

5 You have (I)rebuked the nations, You have made the wicked perish;
You have (J)blotted out their name forever and ever.

He

6 [f]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual [g]ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very (K)memory of them has perished.

Vav

7 But (L)Yahweh [h]abides forever;
He has established His (M)throne for judgment,

Vav

8 And He will (N)judge the world in righteousness;
He will render justice for the peoples with equity.

Vav

9 [i]Yahweh also will be a (O)stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of [j]distress;

Vav

10 And [k]those who (P)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Yahweh, have not (Q)forsaken those who seek You.

Zayin

11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who (R)abides in Zion;
(S)Declare among the peoples His acts.
12 For (T)He who [l]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget (U)the cry of the afflicted.

Heth

13 Be gracious to me, O Yahweh;
See my affliction from those (V)who hate me,
You who (W)lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may recount (X)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may (Y)rejoice in Your [m]salvation.

Teth

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 Yahweh has (AB)made Himself known;
He has (AC)executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. [n]Higgaion [o]Selah.

Yodh

17 The wicked will [p](AD)return to Sheol,
Even all the nations who (AE)forget God.

Kaph

18 For the (AF)needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the (AG)hope of the afflicted perish forever.
19 (AH)Arise, O Yahweh, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be (AI)judged before You.
20 Put them (AJ)in fear, O Yahweh;
Let the nations know that they are (AK)but men. Selah.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9 Title Or According to the Death of the Son; possibly a title for a tune
  2. Psalm 9:1 This poem loosely follows an acrostic pattern
  3. Psalm 9:1 Or miracles
  4. Psalm 9:4 Or right
  5. Psalm 9:4 Or a righteous Judge
  6. Psalm 9:6 Or O enemy, desolations are finished forever; And their cities You have plucked up
  7. Psalm 9:6 Or waste places
  8. Psalm 9:7 Or sits as king
  9. Psalm 9:9 Or Let Yahweh also be
  10. Psalm 9:9 Or trouble
  11. Psalm 9:10 Or let those...name put
  12. Psalm 9:12 Avenges bloodshed
  13. Psalm 9:14 Or deliverance
  14. Psalm 9:16 Possibly resounding music or meditation
  15. Psalm 9:16 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  16. Psalm 9:17 Or turn
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Psalm 9
Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 9

Celebration of God’s Justice

For the choir director: according to Muth-labben.[a] A Davidic psalm.

1 I will thank Yahweh with all my heart;
I will declare all Your wonderful works.(A)
2 I will rejoice and boast about You;(B)
I will sing about Your name, Most High.(C)

3 When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before You.(D)
4 For You have upheld my just cause;[b](E)
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.(F)
5 You have rebuked the nations:(G)
You have destroyed the wicked;(H)
You have erased their name forever and ever.(I)
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin;
You have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.(J)

7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;(K)
He has established His throne for judgment.(L)
8 He judges the world with righteousness;
He executes judgment on the nations with fairness.(M)
9 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.(N)
10 Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.(O)

11 Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;(P)
proclaim His deeds among the nations.(Q)
12 For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;(R)
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.(S)

13 Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.(T)
Lift me up from the gates of death,(U)
14 so that I may declare all Your praises.
I will rejoice in Your salvation(V)
within the gates of Daughter Zion.

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.(W)
16 The Lord has revealed Himself;
He has executed justice,(X)
striking down[c] the wicked[d]
by the work of their hands.(Y)Higgaion. Selah

17 The wicked will return to Sheol(Z)—
all the nations that forget God.(AA)
18 For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the afflicted[e] will not perish forever.(AB)

19 Rise up, Lord! Do not let man prevail;
let the nations be judged in Your presence.(AC)
20 Put terror in them, Lord;(AD)
let the nations know they are only men.(AE)Selah

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Perhaps a musical term
  2. Psalm 9:4 Lit my justice and my cause
  3. Psalm 9:16 Or justice, snaring
  4. Psalm 9:16 LXX, Aq, Syr, Tg read justice, the wicked is trapped
  5. Psalm 9:18 Alt Hb tradition reads humble
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