Psalms 9:1-20
To the director; upon Muth-labʹben.* A melody of David.
א [Aleph]
9 I will praise you, O Jehovah, with all my heart;I will tell about all your wonderful works.+
2 I will rejoice and exult in you;I will sing praises* to your name, O Most High.+
ב [Beth]
3 When my enemies retreat,+They will stumble and perish from before you.
4 For you defend my just cause;You sit on your throne judging with righteousness.+
ג [Gimel]
5 You have rebuked nations+ and destroyed the wicked,Blotting out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy has been ruined forever;You uprooted their cities,And all memory of them will perish.+
ה [He]
7 But Jehovah is enthroned forever;+He has firmly established his throne for justice.+
8 He will judge the inhabited earth* in righteousness;+He will render righteous legal decisions for the nations.+
ו [Waw]
9 Jehovah will become a secure refuge* for the oppressed,+A secure refuge in times of distress.+
10 Those knowing your name will trust in you;+You will never abandon those seeking you, O Jehovah.+
ז [Zayin]
11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who is dwelling in Zion;Make his deeds known among the peoples.+
12 For the One who avenges their blood remembers them;+He will not forget the cry of the afflicted.+
ח [Heth]
13 Show me favor, O Jehovah; see my affliction by those hating me,You who raise me from the gates of death,+
14 So that I may declare your praiseworthy deeds in the gates of the daughter of Zion,+And rejoice in your acts of salvation.+
ט [Teth]
15 The nations have sunk down into the pit they made;Their own foot has been caught in the net they hid.+
16 Jehovah is known by the judgment he executes.+
The wicked one has been ensnared in the work of his own hands.+
Hig·gaʹion.* (Selah)
י [Yod]
17 The wicked will retreat toward the Grave,*All the nations who forget God.
18 But the poor will not always be forgotten;+Nor will the hope of the meek ever perish.+
כ [Kaph]
19 Rise up, O Jehovah! Do not let mortal man prevail.
May the nations be judged in your presence.+
20 Strike them with fear, O Jehovah,+Let the nations know that they are only mortal men. (Selah)
