Chapter 9

  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.  

  I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.  

  When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.  

  For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.  

  Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.  

  O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.  

  But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.  

  And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.  

  The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.  

  And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.  

  Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.  

  When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.  

  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:  

  That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.  

  The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.  

  The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.  

  The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.  

  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.  

  Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.  

  Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah.