Psalm 9Psalms9

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

2. 1BSBFor the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.KJVKJV: To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
3. 2BSBI will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.KJVKJV: I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
4. 3BSBWhen my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.KJVKJV: When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
5. 4BSBFor You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.KJVKJV: For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
6. 5BSBYou have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.KJVKJV: Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
7. 6BSBThe enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.KJVKJV: O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
8. 7BSBBut the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.KJVKJV: But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
9. 8BSBHe judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.KJVKJV: And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
10. 9BSBThe LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.KJVKJV: The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
11. 10BSBThose who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.KJVKJV: And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
12. 11BSBSing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.KJVKJV: Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
13. 12BSBFor the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.KJVKJV: When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
14. 13BSBBe merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,KJVKJV: Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
15. 14BSBthat I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.KJVKJV: That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
16. 15BSBThe nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.KJVKJV: The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
17. 16BSBThe LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion SelahKJVKJV: The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
18. 17BSBThe wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.KJVKJV: The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
19. 18BSBFor the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.KJVKJV: For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
20. 19BSBRise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.KJVKJV: Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
21. 20BSBLay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. SelahKJVKJV: Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.