Psalm 9

Revised Standard Version

³ When my enemies turned back,
    they stumbled and perished before thee.
⁴ For thou hast maintained my just cause;
    thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

⁵ Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked;
    thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
⁶ The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins;
    their cities thou hast rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the Lord sits enthroned for ever,
    he has established his throne for judgment;
⁸ and he judges the world with righteousness,
    he judges the peoples with equity.

⁹ The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
    a stronghold in times of trouble.
¹⁰ And those who know thy name put their trust in thee,
    for thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion!
    Tell among the peoples his deeds!
¹² For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

¹³ Be gracious to me, O Lord!
    Behold what I suffer from those who hate me,
    O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ that I may recount all thy praises,
    that in the gates of the daughter of Zion
    I may rejoice in thy deliverance.

¹⁵ The nations have sunk in the pit which they made;
    in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught.
¹⁶ The Lord has made himself known, he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.Higgaion. Selah

¹⁷ The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
    all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

¹⁹ Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail;
    let the nations be judged before thee!
²⁰ Put them in fear, O Lord!
    Let the nations know that they are but men!Selah