Psalms Chapter 9 Darby English Bible

Psalms 9:1

{To the chief Musician. Upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.} I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works.

Psalms 9:2

I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.

Psalms 9:3

When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:

Psalms 9:4

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.

Psalms 9:5

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

Psalms 9:6

O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. -- Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

Psalms 9:7

But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.

Psalms 9:8

And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

Psalms 9:9

And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

Psalms 9:10

And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Psalms 9:11

Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.

Psalms 9:12

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

Psalms 9:13

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:

Psalms 9:14

That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.

Psalms 9:15

The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

Psalms 9:16

Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Psalms 9:17

The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

Psalms 9:18

For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.

Psalms 9:19

Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

Psalms 9:20

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.