Psalms 9

I will praise you with all my heart

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.a ²I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.b ³My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

⁴For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.c ⁵You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever. ⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.

⁷The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.d ⁸He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples 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, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.f ¹¹Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.g ¹²For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.h

¹³Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death, ¹⁴that I may declare your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion, and there rejoice in your salvation. ¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

¹⁶The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. ¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God. ¹⁸But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.i

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