Psalm 9

1 {to the chief musician upon muthlabben, a psalm of david } i will praise thee , o lord, with my whole heart; i will shew forth all thy marvellous works 2 i will be glad and rejoice in thee i will sing praise to thy name, o thou most high 3 when mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence 4 for thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right 5 thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever 6 o thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them 7 but the lord shall endure for ever he hath prepared his throne for judgment 8 and he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness 9 the lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble 10 and they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou, lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee 11 sing praises to the lord, which dwelleth in zion declare among the people his doings 12 when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them he forgetteth not the cry of the humble 13 have mercy upon me, o lord; consider my trouble which i suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death 14 that i may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of zion i will rejoice in thy salvation 15 the heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the net which they hid is their own foot taken 16 the lord is known by the judgment which he executeth the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands higgaion selah 17 the wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget god 18 for the needy shall not alway be forgotten the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever 19 arise, o lord; let not man prevail let the heathen be judged in thy sight 20 put them in fear, o lord that the nations may know themselves to be but men selah