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To <i>the tune of</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>“Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-1"><span class="text Ps-9-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I will praise <i>You,</i> O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, with my whole heart;</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-1">I will tell of all Your marvelous works.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I will be glad and rejoice in You;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-2">I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When my enemies turn back,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-3">They shall fall and perish at Your presence.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For You have maintained my right and my cause;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-4">You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You have rebuked the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>nations,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-5">You have destroyed the wicked;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-5">You have blotted out their name forever and ever.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>O enemy, destructions are finished forever!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-6">And you have destroyed cities;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-6">Even their memory has perished.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> shall endure forever;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-7">He has prepared His throne for judgment.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He shall judge the world in righteousness,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-8">And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> also will be a refuge<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span> for the oppressed,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-9">A refuge in times of trouble.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And those who know Your name will put their trust in You;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-10">For You, <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, have not forsaken those who seek You.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Sing praises to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, who dwells in Zion!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-11">Declare His deeds among the people.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When He avenges blood, He remembers them;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-12">He does not forget the cry of the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>humble.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Have mercy on me, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-13">Consider my trouble from those who hate me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-13">You who lift me up from the gates of death,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>That I may tell of all Your praise</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-14">In the gates of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>the daughter of Zion.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-14">I will rejoice in Your salvation.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>nations have sunk down in the pit <i>which</i> they made;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-15">In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> is known <i>by</i> the judgment He executes;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-16">The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.</span><br /><span class="center"><span class="text Ps-9-16">Meditation.<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span> <i class="selah">Selah</i></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The wicked shall be turned into hell,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-17"><i>And</i> all the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>nations that forget God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the needy shall not always be forgotten;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-18">The expectation of the poor shall <i>not</i> perish forever.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Arise, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-19">Do not let man prevail;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-19">Let the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>nations be judged in Your sight.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Put them in fear, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-9-20"><i>That</i> the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>nations may know themselves <i>to be but</i> men. <i class="selah">Selah</i></span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-14023a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:1">Psalm 9:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Muth Labben</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14027b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:5">Psalm 9:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14031c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:9">Psalm 9:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>secure height</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14034d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:12">Psalm 9:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>afflicted</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14036e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:14">Psalm 9:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Jerusalem</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14037f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:15">Psalm 9:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14038g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:16">Psalm 9:16</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Higgaion</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14039h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:17">Psalm 9:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14041i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:19">Psalm 9:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14042j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 9:20">Psalm 9:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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