Psalms 9

1(9, 10) For the End; concerning the hidden things of the Son; a psalm of David.

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2I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your wondrous things;

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3I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

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4When my enemy turns backward, They shall be feeble and perish before Your face.

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5For You maintain my judgment and my right; You sit upon the throne, judging in righteousness.

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6You rebuke the nations, and the ungodly man destroys himself; You blotted out their name, in their lifetime and unto ages of ages;

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7The swords of the enemy are completely forsaken, And You pulled down their cities; Their memory was destroyed with a noise.

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8But the Lord abides forever; He prepared His throne in judgment,

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9And He shall judge the world in righteousness; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness.

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10The Lord is also a refuge for the poor man, A helper in seasons of affliction;

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11And let those who know Your name put their hope in You; For You, O Lord, do not forsake those who seek You.

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12Sing to the Lord who dwells in Zion. Proclaim His dealings among the nations,

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13For He who avenges blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the poor.

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14Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how my enemies have humbled me, You who raise me up from the gates of death,

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15That I may proclaim all Your praises In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.

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16The nations are trapped in the destruction they caused; Their foot is caught in the trap they hid.

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17The Lord is known in the judgments He makes; The sinner is caught in the works of his hands. (Pause)

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18Let sinners be turned back into Hades, And all the nations who forget God.

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19For the poor man shall not be forgotten in the end; The patience of the poor shall not perish forever.

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20Arise, O Lord, and do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your presence.

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21Set a lawgiver over them, O Lord, And let the nations know that they are men. (Pause)

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22Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You disregard me in times of affliction?

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23When the ungodly man behaves arrogantly, the poor are set afire; Let him be caught in the counsels he ponders.

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24For the sinner praises himself in the desires of his soul, And the unjust man blesses himself.

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25The sinner provokes the Lord; He will not seek Him out because of the fullness of His wrath; God is not before him.

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26His ways are defiled in every season; Your judgments are removed from his face; He shall rule over all his enemies,

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27For he said in his heart, "I will not be shaken; From generation to generation I will be without trouble."

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28His mouth is full of cursing, bitterness and deceit; Suffering and pain are under his tongue.

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29He lies in ambush with the wealthy; He kills the innocent in hidden places; His eyes look intently at the poor;

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30He lies in ambush in a hiding place, like a lion in his den; He lies in wait to seize the poor man, To seize the poor man to drag him away;

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31He will humble him in his snare; But he will bend down and fall when he rules over the poor.

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32For he said in his heart, "God forgets; He turned His face so as never to see it."

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33Arise, O Lord God, let Your hand be lifted high, And do not forget Your poor.

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34Why has the ungodly man provoked God? For he said in his heart, "You will never call me to account for this."

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35But You do see, You do perceive the suffering and pain, That You might deliver them into Your hands; Therefore, the poor man will be left to You; You give help to the orphan.

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36Break the arm of the sinner and the evil man; His sin shall be sought, and because of it he will not be found;

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37The Lord will reign, But you, O nations, you will perish from His earth.

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38The Lord hears the desire of the poor; Your ear heeds the readiness of their heart,

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39To judge the orphan and the humble, That man may no longer increase his great boasting upon the earth.

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