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Psalms 9

¹I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all the wonderful things you have done.

²I will sing with joy because of you. I will sing praise to you, Almighty God.

³My enemies turn back when you appear; they fall down and die.

⁴You are fair and honest in your judgments, and you have judged in my favor.

⁵You have condemned the heathen and destroyed the wicked; they will be remembered no more.

⁶Our enemies are finished forever; you have destroyed their cities, and they are completely forgotten.

⁷But the LORD is king forever; he has set up his throne for judgment.

⁸He rules the world with righteousness; he judges the nations with justice.

⁹The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a place of safety in times of trouble.

¹⁰Those who know you, LORD, will trust you; you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

¹¹Sing praise to the LORD, who rules in Zion! Tell every nation what he has done!

¹²God remembers those who suffer; he does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.

¹³Be merciful to me, O LORD! See the sufferings my enemies cause me! Rescue me from death, O LORD,

¹⁴that I may stand before the people of Jerusalem and tell them all the things for which I praise you. I will rejoice because you saved me.

¹⁵The heathen have dug a pit and fallen in; they have been caught in their own trap.

¹⁶The LORD has revealed himself by his righteous judgments, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

¹⁷Death is the destiny of all the wicked, of all those who reject God.

¹⁸The needy will not always be neglected; the hope of the poor will not be crushed forever.

¹⁹Come, LORD! Do not let anyone defy you! Bring the heathen before you and pronounce judgment on them.

²⁰Make them afraid, O LORD; make them know that they are only mortal beings.