Psalms 9

1. (Ps 9:1) I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2. (Ps 9:2) I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3. (Ps 9:3) When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4. (Ps 9:4) For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
5. (Ps 9:5) Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. (Ps 9:6) O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7. (Ps 9:7) But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8. (Ps 9:8) And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9. (Ps 9:9) The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10. (Ps 9:10) And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11. (Ps 9:11) Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12. (Ps 9:12) When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13. (Ps 9:13) Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14. (Ps 9:14) That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. (Ps 9:15) The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16. (Ps 9:16) The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17. (Ps 9:17) The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
18. (Ps 9:18) For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19. (Ps 9:19) Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20. (Ps 9:20) Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.