Psalms 9:8-20

⁸He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.

⁹Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.

¹⁰They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!

¹¹Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!

¹²As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.

¹³“Have pity upon me, said I, O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; Lift me up from the gates of death:

¹⁴That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”

¹⁵The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.

¹⁶Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. Stringed instruments. Pause.

¹⁷The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God.

¹⁸For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.

¹⁹Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!

²⁰Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Pause.