Psalm 9-10

English Standard Version

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

⁵ You have ^(G)rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
    you have ^(H)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 ^(I)judges the world with righteousness;
    he ^(J)judges the peoples with uprightness.

⁹ The Lord is ^(K)a stronghold for ^(L)the oppressed,
    a stronghold in ^(M)times of trouble.
¹⁰ And those who ^(N)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 ^(O)sits enthroned in Zion!
    Tell among the peoples his ^(P)deeds!
¹² For he who ^(Q)avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he ^(R)does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

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

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

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

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

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

² In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
    let them ^(AI)be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
³ For the wicked ^(AJ)boasts of the desires of his soul,
    and the one greedy for gain ^(AK)curses^[e] and ^(AL)renounces the Lord.
⁴ In the pride of his face^[f] the wicked does not ^(AM)seek him;^[g]
    all his thoughts are, ^(AN)“There is no God.”
⁵ His ways prosper at all times;
    your judgments are on high, ^(AO)out of his sight;
    as for all his foes, he ^(AP)puffs at them.
⁶ He ^(AQ)says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
    throughout all generations I ^(AR)shall not meet adversity.”
^7 (AS)His mouth is filled with cursing and ^(AT)deceit and ^(AU)oppression;
    ^(AV)under his tongue are ^(AW)mischief and ^(AX)iniquity.
⁸ He sits in ambush in the villages;
    in ^(AY)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
⁹     he lurks in ambush like ^(AZ)a lion in his ^(BA)thicket;
he ^(BB)lurks that he may seize the poor;
    he seizes the poor when he draws him into his ^(BC)net.
¹⁰ The helpless are crushed, sink down,
    and fall by his might.
¹¹ He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
    he has ^(BD)hidden his face, he ^(BE)will never see it.”

^12 (BF)Arise, O Lord; O God, ^(BG)lift up your hand;
    ^(BH)forget not the afflicted.
¹³ Why does the wicked ^(BI)renounce God
    and say in his heart, “You will not ^(BJ)call to account”?
¹⁴ But you do see, for you ^(BK)note mischief and vexation,
    that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless ^(BL)commits himself;
    you have been ^(BM)the helper of the fatherless.
^15 (BN)Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
    ^(BO)call his wickedness to account till you find none.

^16 (BP)The Lord is king forever and ever;
    the ^(BQ)nations perish from his land.
¹⁷ O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
    you will ^(BR)strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
¹⁸ to ^(BS)do justice to the fatherless and ^(BT)the oppressed,
    so that ^(BU)man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.