Psalms 9:4-20

⁴(9:5) For thou hast conducted my dispute and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne as a righteous judge.

⁵(9:6) Thou hast rebuked nations, thou hast caused the wicked to perish, their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever.

⁶(9:7) O thou enemy, the ruins are passed away for ever, and the cities which thou hast destroyed,—lost is their memorial, yea, theirs.

⁷(9:8) But the Lord will sit enthroned for ever: he hath established for giving judgment his throne.

⁸(9:9) And he will judge the world with righteousness, he shall decide for the people, with equity.

⁹(9:10) The Lord also will be a strong-hold for the oppressed, a strong-hold in times of distress.

¹⁰(9:11) And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken those that seek thee, O Lord.

¹¹(9:12) Sing praises to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion: announce among the people his deeds.

¹²(9:13) For he, that inquireth after acts of blood, hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

¹³(9:14) Be gracious unto me, O Lord; have regard to my affliction coming from those that hate me, thou who liftest me up from the gates of death:

¹⁴(9:15) In order that I may relate all thy praises in the gates of the daughters of Zion: I will be glad in thy salvation.

¹⁵(9:16) Sunk are nations in the ditch that they have prepared: in this net which they had laid in secret is their own foot caught.

¹⁶(9:17) The Lord is made known: he executed justice: through the doing of his own hands is the wicked ensnared. Higgayon, Selah.

¹⁷(9:18) The wicked shall return into hell, all the nations that are forgetful of God.

¹⁸(9:19) For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

¹⁹(9:20) Arise, O Lord; let not the mortal boast of his strength; let nations be judged before thy face.

²⁰(9:21) Place, O Lord, fear over them: let nations know, that they are but mortals. Selah.