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For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David.

I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart.
    I will tell of all your marvelous works.
I will be glad and rejoice in you.
    I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
When my enemies turn back,
    they stumble and perish in your presence.
For you have maintained my just cause.
    You sit on the throne judging righteously.
You have rebuked the nations.
    You have destroyed the wicked.
    You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
    The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
But Yahweh reigns forever.
    He has prepared his throne for judgment.
He will judge the world in righteousness.
    He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
    a high tower in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
    for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion,
    and declare among the people what he has done.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers them.
    He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh.
    See my affliction by those who hate me,
and lift me up from the gates of death,
14     that I may show all of your praise.
    I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made.
    In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16 Yahweh has made himself known.
    He has executed judgment.
    The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,[a]
    even all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail.
    Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20 Put them in fear, Yahweh.
    Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

Footnotes

  1. 9:17 Sheol is the place of the dead.

To the Director: Accompanied by female voices.[a] A Davidic Psalm.

A Cry for God’s Justice

[b]I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
    I will declare all your wonderful deeds.
I will be glad and exult in you;
    I will sing praises to your name, Most High!

When my enemies turn back,
    they will stumble and perish before you.
For you have brought about justice for me and my cause;
    you sit on the throne judging righteously.
You rebuked the nations,
    you destroyed the wicked,
        you wiped out their name forever and ever.
The enemy has perished,
    reduced to ruins forever.
You uprooted their cities,
    the very memory of them vanished.

But the Lord sits on his throne[c] forever;
    his throne is established for judgment.
He will judge the world righteously
    and make just decisions for the people.

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
    a refuge in times of distress.
10 Those who know your name will trust you,
    for you have not forsaken those who seek you, Lord.

11 Sing praises to the Lord who dwells in Zion;
    declare his mighty deeds among the peoples.
12 As an avenger of blood, he remembers them;
    he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

13 Be gracious to me, Lord,
    take note of my affliction,
        because of those who hate me.
You snatch me away from the gates of death,
14 so I may declare everything for which you should be praised[d]
in the gates of the daughter of Zion,[e]
    so I will rejoice in your deliverance.

15 The nations have sunk down into the pit they made,
    their feet are ensnared in the trap[f] they set.
16 The Lord has made himself known,
    executing judgment.
The wicked are ensnared
    by what their hands have made.
Interlude[g]

17 The wicked will turn back to where the dead are[h]
    all the nations that have forgotten God.
18 For he will not always overlook the plight of the poor,
    nor will the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
19 Rise up, Lord,
    do not let man prevail!
        The nations will be judged in your presence.
20 Make them afraid, Lord,
    Let the nations know that they are only human.[i]
Interlude

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Or according to the tune ‘Death of a Son’
  2. Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 & 10 constitute a single psalm in the LXX.
  3. Psalm 9:7 The Heb. lacks on his throne
  4. Psalm 9:14 Lit. declare all your praise
  5. Psalm 9:14 I.e. Jerusalem
  6. Psalm 9:15 Lit. net
  7. Psalm 9:16 Heb. Higgaion Selah
  8. Psalm 9:17 Lit. to Sheol; a reference to the realm of the dead
  9. Psalm 9:20 Or men