Psalm 8-9

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³ When I ^(G)look at your heavens, the work of your ^(H)fingers,
    the moon and the stars, ^(I)which you have set in place,
^4 (J)what is man that you are ^(K)mindful of him,
    and ^(L)the son of man that you ^(M)care for him?

⁵ Yet you have made him a little lower than ^(N)the heavenly beings^[b]
    and crowned him with ^(O)glory and honor.
⁶ You have given him ^(P)dominion over the works of your hands;
    ^(Q)you have put all things under his feet,
⁷ all sheep and oxen,
    and also the beasts of the field,
⁸ the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

⁹ O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

³ When my enemies turn back,
    they stumble and perish before^[e] your presence.
⁴ For you have ^(V)maintained my just cause;
    you have ^(W)sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

⁵ You have ^(X)rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
    you have ^(Y)blotted out their name forever and ever.
⁶ The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
    their cities you rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
    he has established his throne for justice,
⁸ and he ^(Z)judges the world with righteousness;
    he ^(AA)judges the peoples with uprightness.

⁹ The Lord is ^(AB)a stronghold for ^(AC)the oppressed,
    a stronghold in ^(AD)times of trouble.
¹⁰ And those who ^(AE)know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who ^(AF)sits enthroned in Zion!
    Tell among the peoples his ^(AG)deeds!
¹² For he who ^(AH)avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he ^(AI)does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

^13 (AJ)Be gracious to me, O Lord!
    See my affliction from those who hate me,
    O you who lift me up from ^(AK)the gates of death,
¹⁴ that I may recount all your praises,
    that in the gates of ^(AL)the daughter of Zion
    I may ^(AM)rejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵ The nations have sunk in ^(AN)the pit that they made;
    in ^(AO)the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
¹⁶ The Lord has made himself ^(AP)known; he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.^[f] Selah

¹⁷ The wicked shall ^(AQ)return to Sheol,
    all the nations that ^(AR)forget God.

¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    and ^(AS)the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

^19 (AT)Arise, O Lord! Let not ^(AU)man prevail;
    let the nations be judged before you!
²⁰ Put them in fear, O Lord!
    Let the nations know that they are but ^(AV)men! Selah