The Book of Psalms

Psalms 9

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.

I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;I will recount all Your wonders.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.

I will be glad and rejoice in You;I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

When my enemies retreat,they stumble and perish before You.

For You have upheld my just cause;You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

You have rebuked the nations;You have destroyed the wicked;You have erased their name forever and ever.

The enemy has come to eternal ruin,and You have uprooted their cities;the very memory of them has vanished.

But the LORD abides forever;He has established His throne for judgment.

He judges the world with justice;He governs the people with equity.

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,a stronghold in times of trouble.

Those who know Your name trust in You,for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion;proclaim His deeds among the nations.

For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers;He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

Be merciful to me, O LORD;see how my enemies afflict me!Lift me up from the gates of death,

that I may declare all Your praises —that within the gates of Daughter ZionI may rejoice in Your salvation.

The nations have fallen into a pit of their making;their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

The LORD is known by the justice He brings;the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.Higgaion SelahHiggaion Selah or quiet interlude is probably a musical or liturgical term.

The wicked will return to Sheol —all the nations who forget God.

For the needy will not always be forgotten;nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail;let the nations be judged in Your presence.

Lay terror upon them, O LORD;let the nations know they are but men.Selah