NRSV Psalms 9 Chapter
9:1
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
9:2
I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
9:3
When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before you.
9:4
For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
9:5
You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
9:6
The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities you have rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
9:7
But the LORD sits enthroned forever, he has established his throne for judgment.
9:8
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 your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion. Declare his deeds among the peoples.
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. See what I suffer from those who hate me; you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,
9:14
so that I may recount all your praises, and, in the gates of daughter Zion, rejoice in your deliverance.
9:15
The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that 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, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
9:19
Rise up, O LORD! Do not let mortals prevail; let the nations be judged before you.
9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD; let the nations know that they are only human.Selah