A Psalm of Thanksgiving for God’s Justice.
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Psalms 9:1
I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders.
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Psalms 9:2
I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
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Psalms 9:3
When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.
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Psalms 9:4
For You have maintained my just cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
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Psalms 9:5
You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
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Psalms 9:6
The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished.
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Psalms 9:7
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment,
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Psalms 9:8
And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.
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Psalms 9:9
The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;
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Psalms 9:10
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
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Psalms 9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds.
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Psalms 9:12
For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
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Psalms 9:13
Be gracious to me, O LORD; See my affliction from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
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Psalms 9:14
That I may tell of all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
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Psalms 9:15
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
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Psalms 9:16
The LORD has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.
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Psalms 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God.
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Psalms 9:18
For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
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Psalms 9:19
Arise, O LORD, do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged before You.
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Psalms 9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD; Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.
