OEBcth - Psalms - 9

9:1  With all my heart I will praise the Lord, all your wonders I will rehearse.

9:2  I will rejoice and exult in you, singing praise to your name, Most High;

9:3  because backward my foes were turned, they stumbled and perished before you.

9:4  My right and my claim you have upheld, you did sit on the throne as a fair judge,

9:5  rebuking the nations, destroying the wicked, and blotting their name out forever and ever.

9:6  The foe is vanished, ruined forever, their cities destroyed, their memory perished.

9:7  See! The Lord is seated forever on the throne he established for judgment,

9:8  ruling the world with justice, and judging the nations with equity.

9:9  So the Lord proves a haven to the oppressed, a haven in times of trouble.

9:10  Well may they trust you who know your name, for those who seek you, you never abandon.

9:11  Sing praise to the Lord, whose home is in Zion, declare his deeds among the nations.

9:12  As avenger of blood, he keeps them in mind, he does not forget the cry of the wretched.

9:13  Show me favour, Lord, see how my foes afflict me, lift me up from the gates of death;

9:14  so I may, in your help exulting, tell forth your praise at the gates of Zion.

9:15  The nations are sunk in the pit which they made, in the net that they hid, their own foot is entangled.

9:16  The Lord is revealed in the judgment he wrought, the wicked are snared in their own handiwork. (Selah)

9:17  Let the wicked depart to Sheol, all the nations that live forgetful of God.

9:18  For the needy will not be always forgotten, nor the hope of the helpless be lost forever.

9:19  Arise, Lord; don’t let them triumph: before your face let the nations be judged.

9:20  Strike them with fear, Lord: show the nations how frail they are. (Selah)