GodsWord - Psalms - 9

9:1  I will give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart. I will tell about all the miracles you have done.

9:2  I will find joy and be glad about you. I will make music to praise your name, O Most High.

9:3  When my enemies retreat, they will stumble and die in your presence.

9:4  You have defended my just cause: You sat down on your throne as a fair judge.

9:5  You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You wiped out their names forever and ever.

9:6  The enemy is finished--in ruins forever. You have uprooted their cities. Even the memory of them has faded.

9:7  Yet, the LORD is enthroned forever. He has set up his throne for judgment.

9:8  He alone judges the world with righteousness. He judges its people fairly.

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

9:10  Those who know your name trust you, O LORD, because you have never deserted those who seek your help.

9:11  Make music to praise the LORD, who is enthroned in Zion. Announce to the nations what he has done.

9:12  The one who avenges murder has remembered oppressed people. He has never forgotten their cries.

9:13  Have pity on me, O LORD. Look at what I suffer because of those who hate me. You take me away from the gates of death

9:14  so that I may recite your praises one by one in the gates of Zion and find joy in your salvation.

9:15  The nations have sunk into the pit they have made. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden to trap others.

9:16  The LORD is known by the judgment he has carried out. The wicked person is trapped by the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah

9:17  Wicked people, all the nations who forget God, will return to the grave.

9:18  Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever.

9:19  Arise, O LORD. Do not let mortals gain any power. Let the nations be judged in your presence.

9:20  Strike them with terror, O LORD. Let the nations know that they are only mortal. Selah