Psalm 9

To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.

א Aleph

1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

ב Bet

3 When mine enemies are turned back, They shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou satest in the throne judging right.

ג Gimel

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: And thou hast destroyed cities; Their memorial is perished with them.

ה He

7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment.

8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

ו Waw

9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.

10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: For thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

ז Zain

11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.

12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

ח Het

13 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:

14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

ט Tet

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

י Yod

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.

כ Kaph

18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: The expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: Let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O LORD: That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.