Psalms 9:1
I will give thanks to Jehovah with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy marvelous works.
Psalms 9:2
I will be glad and exult in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
Psalms 9:3
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.
Psalms 9:4
For thou have maintained my right and my cause. Thou sit in the throne judging righteously.
Psalms 9:5
Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Psalms 9:6
The enemy have come to an end. They are desolate forever, and the cities which thou have overthrown. The very memory of them is perished,
Psalms 9:7
but Jehovah will endure forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment,
Psalms 9:8
and he will judge the world in righteousness. He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.
Psalms 9:9
Jehovah will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.
Psalms 9:10
And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek thee.
Psalms 9:11
Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion. Declare among the people his doings.
Psalms 9:12
For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.
Psalms 9:13
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah. Behold my affliction from those who hate me, thou who lifts me up from the gates of death
Psalms 9:14
that I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms 9:15
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Psalms 9:16
Jehovah has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalms 9:17
Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 9:18
For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
Psalms 9:19
Arise, O Jehovah, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Psalms 9:20
Put them in fear, O Jehovah. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah.