Psalms 9 · Clearspring

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. + 9:1 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.

I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

¹I 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+

I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

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