{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":9,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/8","next":"psalms/10","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.","f":["Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the LXX they form one psalm."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will recount all Your wonders."}],"h":"I Will Give Thanks to the LORD","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will be glad and rejoice in You;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"When my enemies retreat,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they stumble and perish before You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For You have upheld my just cause;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You sit on Your throne judging righteously."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have rebuked the nations;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have destroyed the wicked;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have erased their name forever and ever."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The enemy has come to eternal ruin,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and You have uprooted their cities;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the very memory of them has vanished."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But the LORD abides forever;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has established His throne for judgment."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He judges the world with justice;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He governs the people with equity."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a stronghold in times of trouble."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Those who know Your name trust in You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"proclaim His deeds among the nations."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Be merciful to me, O LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"see how my enemies afflict me!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Lift me up from the gates of death,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"that I may declare all Your praises — that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent2","t":"that I may declare all Your praises —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"that within the gates of Daughter Zion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I may rejoice in Your salvation."}],"style":"indent2"},{"v":15,"t":"The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The nations have fallen into a pit of their making;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their feet are caught in the net they have hidden."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah","f":["Higgaion Selah or quiet interlude is probably a musical or liturgical term."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD is known by the justice He brings;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands."},{"style":"selah","t":"Higgaion Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"The wicked will return to Sheol — all the nations who forget God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The wicked will return to Sheol —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all the nations who forget God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"For the needy {will} not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the needy {will} not always be forgotten;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let the nations be judged in Your presence."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"Lay terror upon them, [O LORD]; let the nations know they are but men. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Lay terror upon them, [O LORD];"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let the nations know they are but men."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. To [the tune of] “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David."}