NIV Psalms 9 Chapter
9:1
I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.
9:2
I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
9:3
My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
9:4
For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
9:5
You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
9:6
Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
9:7
The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
9:8
He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.
9:9
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
9:10
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
9:12
For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
9:13
O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
9:14
that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation.
9:15
The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
9:16
The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. ((Higgaion.)) ((Selah))
9:17
The wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God.
9:18
But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
9:19
Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
9:20
Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. ((Selah))