RSV Psalms 9 Chapter
9:1
To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;I will tell of all thy wonderful deeds.
9:2
I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High.
9:3
When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee.
9:4
For thou hast maintained my just cause;thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
9:5
Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked;thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
9:6
The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins;their cities thou hast rooted out;the very memory of them has perished.
9:7
But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;
9:8
and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.
9:9
The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
9:10
And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.
9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
9:12
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
9:13
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,
9:14
that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance.
9:15
The nations have sunk in the pit which they made;in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught.
9:16
The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment;the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [Higgaion. Selah]
9:17
The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
9:18
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
9:19
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail;let the nations be judged before thee!
9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah]