Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 9

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the LXX they form one psalm.

1I will give thanksH3034 to the LORDH3068 with allH3605 my heartH3820;I will recountH5608 allH3605 Your wondersH6381.2I will be gladH8055 and rejoiceH5970 in You;I will sing praiseH2167 to Your nameH8034, O Most HighH5945.

3When my enemiesH341 retreatH7725 H268,they stumbleH3782 and perishH6 before YouH6440.4ForH3588 You have upheldH6213 my justH4941 causeH1779;You sitH3427 on Your throneH3678 judgingH8199 righteouslyH6664.5You have rebukedH1605 the nationsH1471;You have destroyedH6 the wickedH7563;You have erasedH4229 their nameH8034 foreverH5769 and everH5703.6The enemyH341 H8552 has come to eternalH5331 ruinH2723,and You have uprootedH5428 their citiesH5892;the very memoryH2143 of themH1992 has vanishedH6.

7But the LORDH3068 abidesH3427 foreverH5769;He has establishedH3559 His throneH3678 for judgmentH4941.8HeH1931 judgesH8199 the worldH8398 with justiceH6664;He governsH1777 the peopleH3816 with equityH4339.9The LORDH3068 isH1961 a refugeH4869 for the oppressedH1790,a strongholdH4869 in timesH6256 of troubleH6869.10Those who knowH3045 Your nameH8034 trustH982 in You,forH3588 You, O LORDH3068, have notH3808 forsakenH5800 those who seek YouH1875.

11Sing praisesH2167 to the LORDH3068, who dwellsH3427 in ZionH6726;proclaimH5046 His deedsH5949 among the nationsH5971.12ForH3588 the AvengerH1875 of bloodshedH1818 remembersH2142;He does not ignoreH7911 H3808 the cryH6818 of the afflictedH6041.

13Be merciful to meH2603, O LORDH3068;seeH7200 how my enemiesH8130 afflict meH6040!Lift me upH7311 from the gatesH8179 of deathH4194,14thatH4616 I may declareH5608 allH3605 Your praisesH8416—that within the gatesH8179 of DaughterH1323 ZionH6726I may rejoiceH1523 in Your salvationH3444.

15The nationsH1471 have fallenH2883 into a pitH7845 of their makingH6213;their feetH7272 are caughtH3920 in the netH7568 H2098 they have hiddenH2934.16The LORDH3068 is knownH3045 by the justiceH4941 He bringsH6213;the wickedH7563 are ensnaredH5367 by the workH6467 of their handsH3709.HiggaionH1902 SelahH5542 117The wickedH7563 will returnH7725 to SheolH7585—allH3605 the nationsH1471 who forgetH7913 GodH430.18ForH3588 the needyH34 will notH3808 alwaysH5331 be forgottenH7911;nor the hopeH8615 of the oppressedH6035 foreverH5703 dashedH6.

19Rise upH6965, O LORDH3068, do not letH408 manH582 prevailH5810;let the nationsH1471 be judgedH8199 inH5921 Your presenceH6440.20LayH7896 terrorH4172 upon themH3068, O LORD;let the nationsH1471 knowH3045 they are but menH582 H1992.SelahH5542

1. Psalms 9:16 Higgaion Selah or quiet interlude is probably a musical or liturgical term. ↩