Psalm 9

¹I will thank you, LORD , with all my heart;

I will talk about all your wonderful acts.

²I will celebrate and rejoice in you;

I will sing praises to your name, Most High.

³When my enemies turn and retreat,

they fall down and die right in front of you

⁴because you have established justice

because you rule from the throne,

⁵You’ve denounced the nations,

destroyed the wicked.

You’ve erased their names for all time.

⁶Every enemy is wiped out,

like something ruined forever.

You’ve torn down their cities—

even the memory of them is dead.

⁷But the LORD rules forever!

He assumes his throne

for the sake of justice.

⁸He will establish justice in the world rightly;

he will judge all people fairly.

⁹The LORD is a safe place for the oppressed—

a safe place in difficult times.

¹⁰Those who know your name trust you

because you have not abandoned

any who seek you, LORD .

¹¹Sing praises to the LORD , who lives in Zion!

Proclaim his mighty acts among all people!

¹²Because the one who avenges bloodshed

remembers those who suffer;

the LORD hasn’t forgotten their cries for help.

¹³Have mercy on me, LORD !

Just look how I suffer

because of those who hate me.

But you are the one who brings me back

from the very gates of death

¹⁵The nations have fallen

into the hole they themselves made!

Their feet are caught

¹⁶The LORD is famous for the justice he has done;

it’s his own doing that the wicked are trapped. Higgayon . Selah

¹⁷Let the wicked go straight to the grave,[#9.17 Heb]

the same for every nation that forgets God.

¹⁸Because the poor won’t be forgotten forever,

the hope of those who suffer won’t be lost for all time.

¹⁹Get up, LORD ! Don’t let people prevail!

Let the nations be judged before you.

²⁰Strike them with fear, LORD .

Let the nations know they are only human. Selah