Psalm 9 - New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 9[a][b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

1 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;(A)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.(B)
2 I will be glad and rejoice(C) in you;
I will sing the praises(D) of your name,(E) O Most High.

3 My enemies turn back;
they stumble and perish before you.
4 For you have upheld my right(F) and my cause,(G)
sitting enthroned(H) as the righteous judge.(I)
5 You have rebuked the nations(J) and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name(K) for ever and ever.
6 Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
you have uprooted their cities;(L)
even the memory of them(M) has perished.

7 The Lord reigns forever;(N)
he has established his throne(O) for judgment.
8 He rules the world in righteousness(P)
and judges the peoples with equity.(Q)
9 The Lord is a refuge(R) for the oppressed,(S)
a stronghold in times of trouble.(T)
10 Those who know your name(U) trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken(V) those who seek you.(W)

11 Sing the praises(X) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;(Y)
proclaim among the nations(Z) what he has done.(AA)
12 For he who avenges blood(AB) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.(AC)

13 Lord, see how my enemies(AD) persecute me!
Have mercy(AE) and lift me up from the gates of death,(AF)
14 that I may declare your praises(AG)
in the gates of Daughter Zion,(AH)
and there rejoice in your salvation.(AI)

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;(AJ)
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.(AK)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[c](AL)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,(AM)
all the nations that forget God.(AN)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
the hope(AO) of the afflicted(AP) will never perish.

19 Arise,(AQ) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;(AR)
let the nations be judged(AS) in your presence.
20 Strike them with terror,(AT) Lord;
let the nations know they are only mortal.(AU)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.
  3. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

Cross references

  1. Psalm 9:1 : Ps 86:12; 111:1; 119:2, 10, 145; 138:1
  2. Psalm 9:1 : S Dt 4:34
  3. Psalm 9:2 : S Job 22:19; Ps 14:7; 31:7; 70:4; 97:8; 126:3; Pr 23:15; Isa 25:9; Jer 30:19; Joel 2:21; Zep 3:14; S Mt 5:12; Rev 19:7
  4. Psalm 9:2 : S 2Ch 31:2
  5. Psalm 9:2 : Ps 92:1
  6. Psalm 9:4 : S 1Ki 8:45
  7. Psalm 9:4 : S Job 16:21
  8. Psalm 9:4 : Ps 11:4; 47:8; Isa 6:1
  9. Psalm 9:4 : Ps 7:11; 67:4; 98:9; 1Pe 2:23
  10. Psalm 9:5 : Ge 20:7; S 37:10; S 1Ch 16:21; Ps 59:5; 105:14; Isa 26:14; 66:15
  11. Psalm 9:5 : S Job 18:17
  12. Psalm 9:6 : S Dt 29:28; Jer 2:3; 46:1-51:58; Zep 2:8-10
  13. Psalm 9:6 : Ps 34:16; 109:15; Ecc 9:5; Isa 14:22; 26:14
  14. Psalm 9:7 : S 1Ch 16:31; Rev 19:6
  15. Psalm 9:7 : Ps 11:4; 47:8; 93:2; Isa 6:1; 66:1
  16. Psalm 9:8 : S ver 4; Ps 7:11
  17. Psalm 9:8 : Ps 11:7; 45:6; 72:2
  18. Psalm 9:9 : S Dt 33:27; S 2Sa 22:3
  19. Psalm 9:9 : Ps 10:18; 74:21
  20. Psalm 9:9 : Ps 32:7; 121:7
  21. Psalm 9:10 : Ps 91:14
  22. Psalm 9:10 : S Ge 28:15; S Dt 4:31; Ps 22:1; 37:25; 71:11; Isa 49:14; Jer 15:18; Heb 13:5
  23. Psalm 9:10 : Ps 70:4
  24. Psalm 9:11 : Ps 7:17
  25. Psalm 9:11 : S Ps 2:6
  26. Psalm 9:11 : Ps 18:49; 44:11; 57:9; 106:27; Isa 24:13; Eze 20:23; 1Ti 3:16
  27. Psalm 9:11 : Ps 105:1
  28. Psalm 9:12 : S 2Sa 4:11
  29. Psalm 9:12 : ver 18; Ps 10:17; 22:24; 72:4; Isa 49:13
  30. Psalm 9:13 : Nu 10:9; Ps 3:7; 18:3
  31. Psalm 9:13 : Ps 6:2; 41:4; 51:1; 86:3, 16; 119:132
  32. Psalm 9:13 : S Job 17:16; Mt 16:18
  33. Psalm 9:14 : Ps 51:15; 1Pe 2:9
  34. Psalm 9:14 : 2Ki 19:21; Isa 1:8; 10:32; 37:22; 62:11; Jer 4:31; 6:2; La 1:6; Mic 1:13; Zep 3:14; Zec 2:10; Mt 21:5; Jn 12:15
  35. Psalm 9:14 : Ps 13:5; 35:9; 50:23; 51:12
  36. Psalm 9:15 : S Job 4:8; Ps 35:7
  37. Psalm 9:15 : Ps 35:8; 57:6
  38. Psalm 9:16 : Pr 5:22
  39. Psalm 9:17 : S Nu 16:30; Pr 5:5
  40. Psalm 9:17 : S Job 8:13
  41. Psalm 9:18 : Ps 25:3; 39:7; 71:5; Pr 23:18; Jer 14:8
  42. Psalm 9:18 : ver 12; Ps 74:19
  43. Psalm 9:19 : Ps 3:7
  44. Psalm 9:19 : 2Ch 14:11
  45. Psalm 9:19 : Ps 110:6; Isa 2:4; Joel 3:12
  46. Psalm 9:20 : S Ge 35:5; Ps 31:13; Isa 13:8; Lk 21:26
  47. Psalm 9:20 : Ps 62:9; Isa 31:3; Eze 28:2

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