A Psalm of Thanksgiving for God’s Justice.
For the choir director; on [a]Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.
9 I will give thanks to the Lord with all (A)my heart;
I will (B)tell of all Your [b]wonders.
2 I will be glad and (C)exult in You;
I will (D)sing praise to Your name, O (E)Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and (F)perish before You.
4 For You have (G)maintained [c]my just cause;
You have sat on the throne [d](H)judging righteously.
5 You have (I)rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have (J)blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 [e]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very (K)memory of them has perished.
7 But the (L)Lord [f]abides forever;
He has established His (M)throne for judgment,
8 And He will (N)judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.
9 [g]The Lord also will be a (O)stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
10 And [h]those who (P)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not (Q)forsaken those who seek You.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who (R)dwells in Zion;
(S)Declare among the peoples His deeds.
12 For (T)He who [i]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget (U)the cry of the afflicted.
13 Be gracious to me, O Lord;
See my affliction from those (V)who hate me,
You who (W)lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may tell of (X)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may (Y)rejoice in Your [j]salvation.
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 The Lord has (AB)made Himself known;
He has (AC)executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. [k]Higgaion [l]Selah.
17 The wicked will [m](AD)return to [n]Sheol,
Even all the nations who (AE)forget God.
18 For the (AF)needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the (AG)hope of the afflicted perish forever.
19 (AH)Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be (AI)judged before You.
20 Put them (AJ)in fear, O Lord;
Let the nations know that they are (AK)but men. Selah.
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:1 I.e. “Death to the Son”
- Psalm 9:1 Or miracles
- Psalm 9:4 Lit my right and my cause
- Psalm 9:4 Or a righteous Judge
- Psalm 9:6 Or O enemy, desolations are finished forever; And their cities You have plucked up
- Psalm 9:7 Or sits as king
- Psalm 9:9 Or Let the Lord also be
- Psalm 9:10 Or let those...name put
- Psalm 9:12 I.e. avenges bloodshed
- Psalm 9:14 Or deliverance
- Psalm 9:16 Perhaps, resounding music or meditation
- Psalm 9:16 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- Psalm 9:17 Or turn
- Psalm 9:17 I.e. the nether world
Cross references
- Psalm 9:1 : Ps 86:12
- Psalm 9:1 : Ps 26:7
- Psalm 9:2 : Ps 5:11; 104:34
- Psalm 9:2 : Ps 66:2, 4
- Psalm 9:2 : Ps 83:18; 92:1
- Psalm 9:3 : Ps 27:2
- Psalm 9:4 : Ps 140:12
- Psalm 9:4 : Ps 50:6
- Psalm 9:5 : Ps 119:21
- Psalm 9:5 : Ps 69:28; Prov 10:7
- Psalm 9:6 : Ps 34:16
- Psalm 9:7 : Ps 10:16
- Psalm 9:7 : Ps 89:14
- Psalm 9:8 : Ps 96:13; 98:9
- Psalm 9:9 : Ps 32:7; 59:9, 16, 17
- Psalm 9:10 : Ps 91:14
- Psalm 9:10 : Ps 37:28; 94:14
- Psalm 9:11 : Ps 76:2
- Psalm 9:11 : Ps 105:1; 107:22
- Psalm 9:12 : Gen 9:5; Ps 72:14
- Psalm 9:12 : Ps 9:18
- Psalm 9:13 : Ps 38:19
- Psalm 9:13 : Ps 30:3; 86:13
- Psalm 9:14 : Ps 106:2
- Psalm 9:14 : Ps 13:5; 20:5; 35:9; 51:12
- Psalm 9:15 : Ps 7:15, 16
- Psalm 9:15 : Ps 57:6
- Psalm 9:16 : Ex 7:5
- Psalm 9:16 : Ps 9:4
- Psalm 9:17 : Ps 49:14
- Psalm 9:17 : Job 8:13; Ps 50:22
- Psalm 9:18 : Ps 9:12; 12:5
- Psalm 9:18 : Ps 62:5; 71:5; Prov 23:18
- Psalm 9:19 : Num 10:35
- Psalm 9:19 : Ps 9:5
- Psalm 9:20 : Ps 14:5
- Psalm 9:20 : Ps 62:9