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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 9 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/8.htm" 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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds</p><subheading class="psalm-title"><span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm">a</a></sup></span> To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probably a musical or liturgical term">b</a></sup></span> A Psalm of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will give thanks to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> with my whole heart;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will be glad and exult in you;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When my enemies turn back,</span><br /><span class="indent">they stumble and perish before<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or because of">c</a></sup></span> your presence.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For you have maintained my just cause;</span><br /><span class="indent">you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;</span><br /><span class="indent">you have blotted out their name forever and ever.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;</span><br /><span class="indent">their cities you rooted out;</span><br /><span class="indent">the very memory of them has perished.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> sits enthroned forever;</span><br /><span class="indent">he has established his throne for justice,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">and he judges the world with righteousness;</span><br /><span class="indent">he judges the peoples with uprightness.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is a stronghold for the oppressed,</span><br /><span class="indent">a stronghold in times of trouble.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And those who know your name put their trust in you,</span><br /><span class="indent">for you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, have not forsaken those who seek you.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Sing praises to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, who sits enthroned in Zion!</span><br /><span class="indent">Tell among the peoples his deeds!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;</span><br /><span class="indent">he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Be gracious to me, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">See my affliction from those who hate me,</span><br /><span class="indent">O 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><span class="ln-group">that I may recount all your praises,</span><br /><span class="indent">that in the gates of the daughter of Zion</span><br /><span class="indent">I may rejoice in your salvation.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;</span><br /><span class="indent">in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has made himself known; he has executed judgment;</span><br /><span class="indent">the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. <selah>Higgaion.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probably a musical or liturgical term">d</a></sup></span> Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The wicked shall return to Sheol,</span><br /><span class="indent">all the nations that forget God.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the needy shall not always be forgotten,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Arise, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>! Let not man prevail;</span><br /><span class="indent">let the nations be judged before you!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Put them in fear, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">Let the nations know that they are but men! <selah>Selah</selah></span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Probably a musical or liturgical term<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>because of</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Probably a musical or liturgical term<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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