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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
Revised Standard Version

God’s Power and Justice

To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.

9 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
    I will tell of all thy wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and exult in thee,
    I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies turned back,
    they stumbled and perished before thee.
4 For thou hast maintained my just cause;
    thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked;
    thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins;
    their cities thou hast rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.

7 But the Lord sits enthroned for ever,
    he has established his throne for judgment;
8 and he judges the world with righteousness,
    he judges the peoples with equity.

9 The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
    a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 And those who know thy name put their trust in thee,
    for thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.

11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion!
    Tell among the peoples his deeds!
12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13 Be gracious to me, O Lord!
    Behold what I suffer from those who hate me,
    O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may recount all thy praises,
    that in the gates of the daughter of Zion
    I may rejoice in thy deliverance.

15 The nations have sunk in the pit which they made;
    in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught.
16 The Lord has made himself known, he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.Higgaion. Selah

17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
    all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19 Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail;
    let the nations be judged before thee!
20 Put them in fear, O Lord!
    Let the nations know that they are but men!Selah

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