Psalm 9

¹For the choirmaster. To [the tune of] “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.

²I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

³When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

⁴For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

⁵You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

⁶The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

⁷But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

⁸He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

⁹The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

¹⁰Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

¹¹Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

¹²For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

¹³Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴that I may declare all Your praises — that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

¹⁵The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

¹⁶The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

¹⁷The wicked will return to Sheol — all the nations who forget God.

¹⁸For the needy {will} not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

¹⁹Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

²⁰Lay terror upon them, [O LORD]; let the nations know they are but men. Selah