| 1 | I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works
and
wonderful deeds! |
| 2 | I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High! |
| 3 | When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You. |
| 4 | For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously. |
| 5 | You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. |
| 6 | The enemy have been cut off
and
have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up
and
overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished
and
vanished. |
| 7 | But the Lord shall remain
and
continue forever; He has prepared
and
established His throne for judgment. |
| 8 | And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness. |
| 9 | The Lord also will be a refuge
and
a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge
and
a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation). |
| 10 | And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on
and
confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God’s Word and the right of their necessity]. |
| 11 | Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion! Declare among the peoples His doings! |
| 12 | For He Who avenges the blood [of His people shed unjustly] remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble). |
| 13 | Have mercy upon me
and
be gracious
to me
, O Lord; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death, |
| 14 | That I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation
and
Your saving help. |
| 15 | The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught. |
| 16 | The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion [meditation].
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 17 | The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget
or
are forgetful of God. |
| 18 | For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation
and
hope of the meek
and
the poor shall not perish forever. |
| 19 | Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You. |
| 20 | Put them in fear [make them realize their frail nature], O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
Cross references:
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Psalm 9:7 : Heb. 1:11.
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Psalm 9:8 : Acts 17:31.
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Psalm 9:10 : Ps. 42:1.
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