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title="Psalm 8">◄</a> Psalm 9 <a href="../psalms/10.htm" title="Psalm 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="d">For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;</p><p class="line2">I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I will be filled with joy because of you.</p><p class="line2">I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My enemies retreated;</p><p class="line2">they staggered and died when you appeared.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For you have judged in my favor;</p><p class="line2">from your throne you have judged with fairness.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;</p><p class="line2">you have erased their names forever.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;</p><p class="line2">the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But the LORD reigns forever,</p><p class="line2">executing judgment from his throne.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He will judge the world with justice</p><p class="line2">and rule the nations with fairness.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed,</p><p class="line2">a refuge in times of trouble.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Those who know your name trust in you,</p><p class="line2">for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Sing praises to the LORD who reigns in Jerusalem.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line2">Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless.</p><p class="line2">He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>LORD, have mercy on me.</p><p class="line2">See how my enemies torment me.</p><p class="line2">Snatch me back from the jaws of death.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates,</p><p class="line2">so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others.</p><p class="line2">Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The LORD is known for his justice.</p><p class="line2">The wicked are trapped by their own deeds.</p><p class="lit">Quiet Interlude<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The wicked will go down to the grave.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line2">This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But the needy will not be ignored forever;</p><p class="line2">the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Arise, O LORD!</p><p class="line2">Do not let mere mortals defy you!</p><p class="line2">Judge the nations!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Make them tremble in fear, O LORD.</p><p class="line2">Let the nations know they are merely human.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Zion;</span><span class="ft"> also in 9:14.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Higgaion Selah.</span><span class="ft"> The meaning of this phrase is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">to 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