Read New International Version, 2011 Psalm 9 Bible Online

Psalm 9 - New International Version, 2011 bible

Psalm 9

¹For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David. [1] I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

²I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

³My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

⁴For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.

⁵You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.

⁷The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.

⁸He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.

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

¹⁰Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹Sing the praises of the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.

¹²For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

¹³ LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴that I may declare your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion, and there rejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

¹⁶The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. [18]

¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

¹⁹Arise, LORD, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.

²⁰Strike them with terror, LORD; let the nations know they are only mortal.