Psalms 9

I will praise you with all my heart

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.a ²I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.b ³When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

⁴For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.c ⁵You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. ⁶The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

⁷But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.d ⁸He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity. ⁹The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.e

¹⁰Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.f ¹¹Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.g ¹²For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.h

¹³Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death, ¹⁴that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation. ¹⁵The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

¹⁶The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah ¹⁷The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God. ¹⁸For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.i

¹⁹Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence. ²⁰Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah