Psalms 9

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

The psalmist declares wholehearted thanksgiving to the LORD and resolves to recount His wonders and sing praise to His name. The text describes the LORD sitting on His throne judging righteously, rebuking nations, destroying the wicked, and uprooting their cities while abiding forever. The LORD acts as a refuge for the oppressed and a stronghold in times of trouble, maintaining justice and remembering the cry of the afflicted. The psalmist petitions the LORD for mercy against the afflictions of enemies and asks to be lifted from the gates of death to rejoice in salvation within the gates of Daughter Zion. Finally, the psalm notes that the wicked fall into the pits they made and return to Sheol, while the needy and the oppressed are not forgotten, prompting a final plea for the LORD to judge the nations and make them know they are merely men.

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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

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