Psalms
Chapter 9World English Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
2I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
4For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
5You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
7But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
8He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
9The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
12For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
13Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
14that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
that I may declare all Your praises - that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
The wicked will return to Sheol - all the nations who forget God.
18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
19Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
20Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.
Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
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