Psalms 9

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

I will tell of all the wonderful things you have done.

₂I will sing with joy because of you.

I will sing praise to you, Almighty God.

₃My enemies turn back when you appear;

they fall down and die.

₄You are fair and honest in your judgements,

and you have judged in my favour.

₅You have condemned the heathen

and destroyed the wicked;

they will be remembered no more.

₆Our enemies are finished for ever;

you have destroyed their cities,

and they are completely forgotten.

₇But the LORD is king for ever;

he has set up his throne for judgement.

₈He rules the world with righteousness;

he judges the nations with justice.

₉The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,

a place of safety in times of trouble.

₁₀Those who know you, LORD, will trust you;

you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

₁₁Sing praise to the LORD, who rules in Zion!

Tell every nation what he has done!

₁₂God remembers those who suffer;

he does not forget their cry,

and he punishes those who wrong them.

₁₃Be merciful to me, O LORD!

See the sufferings my enemies cause me!

Rescue me from death, O LORD,

₁₄that I may stand before the people of Jerusalem

and tell them all the things for which I praise you.

I will rejoice because you saved me.

₁₅The heathen have dug a pit and fallen in;

they have been caught in their own trap.

₁₆The LORD has revealed himself by his righteous judgements,

and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

₁₇Death is the destiny of all the wicked,

of all those who reject God.

₁₈The needy will not always be neglected;

the hope of the poor will not be crushed for ever.

₁₉Come, LORD! Do not let human beings defy you!

Bring the heathen before you

and pronounce judgement on them.

₂₀Make them afraid, O LORD;

make them know that they are only mortal beings.