Psalms 9

1For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son.

2I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart;

I will recount all thy wonderful works.

3I will be glad and exult in thee:

I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.

4When mine enemies are turned back,

They shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.

5For thou hast maintained my cause and my right;

Thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.

6Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished;

Thou hast blotted out their name forever, even forever and ever.

7The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities:

Their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

8But the Lord endures forever:

He has prepared his throne for judgment.

9And he will judge the world in righteousness,

He will judge the nations in uprightness.

10The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor,

A seasonable help, in affliction.

11And let them that know thy name hope in thee:

For thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.

12Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion:

Declare his dealings among the nations.

13For he remembered them, in making inquisition for blood:

He has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.

14Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction which I suffer of mine enemies,

Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

15That I may declare all thy praises

In the gates of the daughter of Zion:

I will exult in thy salvation.

16The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned:

In the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

17The Lord is known as executing judgments:

The sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.

18Let sinners be driven away into Hades,

Even all the nations that forget God.

19For the poor shall not be forgotten forever:

The patience of the needy ones shall not perish forever.

20Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail:

Let the heathen be judged before thee.

21Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them:

Let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.

22Why standest thou afar off, O Lord?

Why dost thou overlook us in times of need, in affliction?

23While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued:

The wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

24Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart;

And the unjust one blesses himself.

25The sinner has provoked the Lord:

According to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after him:

God is not before him.

26His ways are profane at all times;

Thy judgments are removed from before him:

He will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

27For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved,

Continuing without evil from generation to generation.

28Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud:

Under his tongue are trouble and pain.

29He lies in wait with rich men

In secret places, in order to slay the innocent:

His eyes are set against the poor.

30He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den:

He lies in wait to ravish the poor,

To ravish the poor when he draws him after him:

He will bring him down in his snare.

31He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

32For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten:

He has turned away his face so as never to look.

33Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up:

Forget not the poor.

34Wherefore has the wicked provoked God?

For he has said in his heart, He will not require it.

35Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath,

To deliver them into thy hands:

The poor has been left to thee;

Thou wast a helper to the orphan.

36Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man:

His sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

37The Lord shall reign forever, even forever and ever:

Ye Gentiles shall perish out of his land.

38The Lord has heard the desire of the poor:

Thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

39To plead for the orphan and afflicted,

That man may no more boast upon the earth.