New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 9

Thanksgiving for God’s Justice.

For the music director; on Meaning of the Heb uncertainMuth-labben. A Psalm of David.

1I will give thanks to the Lord with all 1my heart; I will 2tell of all Your 3wonders.2I will rejoice and be 4jubilant in You; I will 5sing praise to Your name, O 6Most High.

3When my enemies turn back, They stumble and 7perish before You.4For You have 8maintained 9my just cause; You have sat on the throne 10 11judging righteously.5You have 12rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked; You have 13wiped out their name forever and ever.6 14The enemy has come to an end in everlasting ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very 15memory of them has perished.

7But the 16Lord 17sits as King forever; He has established His 18throne for judgment,8And He will 19judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples fairly.9 20The Lord will also be a 21stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;10And 22those who 23know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, Lord, have not 24abandoned those who seek You.

11Sing praises to the Lord, who 25dwells in Zion; 26Declare His deeds among the peoples.12For 27He who 28requires blood remembers them; He does not forget 29the cry of the needy.13Be gracious to me, Lord; See my oppression from those 30who hate me, You who 31lift me up from the gates of death,14So that I may tell of 32all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may 33rejoice in Your 34salvation.15The nations have sunk down 35into the pit which they have made; In the 36net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.16The Lord has 37made Himself known; He has 38executed judgment. A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. 39Higgaion Selah

17The wicked will 40 41return to 42Sheol, All the nations who 43forget God.18For the 44needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the 45hope of the afflicted perish forever.19 46Arise, Lord, do not let mankind prevail; Let the nations be 47judged before You.20Put them 48in fear, Lord; Let the nations know that they are 49merely human. Selah

Notes

1. Psalms 9:1 Ps 86:12 ↩
2. Psalms 9:1 Ps 26:7 ↩
3. Psalms 9:1 Or miracles ↩
4. Psalms 9:2 Ps 5:11; 104:34 ↩
5. Psalms 9:2 Ps 66:2, 4 ↩
6. Psalms 9:2 Ps 83:18; 92:1 ↩
7. Psalms 9:3 Ps 27:2 ↩
8. Psalms 9:4 Ps 140:12 ↩
9. Psalms 9:4 Lit my right and my cause ↩
10. Psalms 9:4 Or a righteous Judge ↩
11. Psalms 9:4 Ps 50:6 ↩
12. Psalms 9:5 Ps 119:21 ↩
13. Psalms 9:5 Ps 69:28; Prov 10:7 ↩
14. Psalms 9:6 Or O enemy, desolations are finished forever; And their cities You have uprooted ↩
15. Psalms 9:6 Ps 34:16 ↩
16. Psalms 9:7 Ps 10:16 ↩
17. Psalms 9:7 Or remains forever ↩
18. Psalms 9:7 Ps 89:14 ↩
19. Psalms 9:8 Ps 96:13; 98:9 ↩
20. Psalms 9:9 Or Let the Lord also be ↩
21. Psalms 9:9 Ps 32:7; 59:9, 16, 17 ↩
22. Psalms 9:10 Or let those...name put ↩
23. Psalms 9:10 Ps 91:14 ↩
24. Psalms 9:10 Ps 37:28; 94:14 ↩
25. Psalms 9:11 Ps 76:2 ↩
26. Psalms 9:11 Ps 105:1; 107:22 ↩
27. Psalms 9:12 Gen 9:5; Ps 72:14 ↩
28. Psalms 9:12 I.e., avenges bloodshed ↩
29. Psalms 9:12 Ps 9:18 ↩
30. Psalms 9:13 Ps 38:19 ↩
31. Psalms 9:13 Ps 30:3; 86:13 ↩
32. Psalms 9:14 Ps 106:2 ↩
33. Psalms 9:14 Ps 13:5; 20:5; 35:9; 51:12 ↩
34. Psalms 9:14 Or deliverance ↩
35. Psalms 9:15 Ps 7:15, 16 ↩
36. Psalms 9:15 Ps 57:6 ↩
37. Psalms 9:16 Ex 7:5 ↩
38. Psalms 9:16 Ps 9:4 ↩
39. Psalms 9:16 Perhaps, resounding music or meditation ↩
40. Psalms 9:17 Or turn ↩
41. Psalms 9:17 Ps 49:14 ↩
42. Psalms 9:17 I.e., the netherworld ↩
43. Psalms 9:17 Job 8:13; Ps 50:22 ↩
44. Psalms 9:18 Ps 9:12; 12:5 ↩
45. Psalms 9:18 Ps 62:5; 71:5; Prov 23:18 ↩
46. Psalms 9:19 Num 10:35 ↩
47. Psalms 9:19 Ps 9:5 ↩
48. Psalms 9:20 Ps 14:5 ↩
49. Psalms 9:20 Ps 62:9 ↩

Thanksgiving for God’s Justice.

For the music director; on Meaning of the Heb uncertainMuth-labben. A Psalm of David.

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