Psalms 9:1-13

¹To the chief Musician. Upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works.

²I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.

³When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:

⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.

⁵Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

⁶O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

⁷But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.

⁸And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

⁹And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

¹⁰And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

¹¹Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.

¹²For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

¹³Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death: