Psalms 9:4-20

⁴For you have defended my just cause; you sit on your throne, a righteous judge!

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

⁶The enemy crumbled like ruins when you overthrew their cities. All remembrance of them has perished.

⁷But Yahweh remains forever; he has established his throne for justice.

⁸He will judge the world with righteousness, and he will execute judgment for the nations with fairness.

⁹Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

¹⁰Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Yahweh, do not abandon those who seek you.

¹¹Sing praises to Yahweh, who rules in Zion; tell the nations what he has done.

¹²For the God who avenges bloodshed remembers; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.

¹³Have mercy on me, Yahweh; see how I am oppressed by those who hate me, you who can snatch me from the gates of death.

¹⁴Oh, that I might proclaim all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in your salvation!

¹⁵The nations have sunk down into the pit that they made; their feet are caught in the net that they hid.

¹⁶Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked is ensnared by his own actions. Selah

¹⁷The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed.

¹⁹Arise, Yahweh; do not let man win against you; may the nations be judged in your sight.

²⁰Terrify them, Yahweh; may the nations know that they are mere men. Selah