Psalm 9
I Will Give Thanks to the LORD
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.1
¹ I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
² I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
³ When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
⁴ For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
⁵ You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
⁶ The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
⁷ But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
⁸ He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
⁹ The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
¹⁰ Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
¹¹ Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
¹² For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
¹³ Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
¹⁵ The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
¹⁶ The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah 2
¹⁷ The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
¹⁸ For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
¹⁹ Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
²⁰ Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah