Chapter 9
1 I will thank the Lord with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous works.
2 I will rejoice and boast about you; I will sing about your name, Most High.
3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before you.
4 For you have upheld my just cause; you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin; you have uprooted the cities, and the very memory of them has perished.
7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
8 And he judges the world with righteousness; he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.
9 The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name trust in you because you have not abandoned those who seek you, Lord .
11 Sing to the Lord , who dwells in Zion; proclaim his deeds among the nations.
12 For the one who seeks an accounting for bloodshed remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
13 Be gracious to me, Lord ; consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. Lift me up from the gates of death,
14 so that I may declare all your praises. I will rejoice in your salvation within the gates of Daughter Zion.
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they made; their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.
16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed justice, snaring the wicked by the work of their hands. Higgaion. Selah
17 The wicked will return to Sheol — all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; the hope of the oppressed will not perish forever.
19 Rise up, Lord ! Do not let mere humans prevail; let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Put terror in them, Lord ; let the nations know they are only humans. Selah