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Psalm 9
New International Version

### Psalm 9[a][b]

#### For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

1 I will give thanks to you,Lord, with all my heart;(A)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.(B)
2 I will be glad and rejoice(C)in you;
I will sing the praises(D)of your name,(E)O Most High.

3 My enemies turn back;
they stumble and perish before you.
4 For you have upheld my right(F)and my cause,(G)
sitting enthroned(H)as the righteous judge.(I)
5 You have rebuked the nations(J)and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name(K)for ever and ever.
6 Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
you have uprooted their cities;(L)
even the memory of them(M)has perished.

7 TheLordreigns forever;(N)
he has established his throne(O)for judgment.
8 He rules the world in righteousness(P)
and judges the peoples with equity.(Q)
9 TheLordis a refuge(R)for the oppressed,(S)
a stronghold in times of trouble.(T)
10 Those who know your name(U)trust in you,
for you,Lord, have never forsaken(V)those who seek you.(W)

11 Sing the praises(X)of theLord, enthroned in Zion;(Y)
proclaim among the nations(Z)what he has done.(AA)
12 For he who avenges blood(AB)remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.(AC)

13 Lord, see how my enemies(AD)persecute me!
Have mercy(AE)and lift me up from the gates of death,(AF)
14 that I may declare your praises(AG)
in the gates of Daughter Zion,(AH)
and there rejoice in your salvation.(AI)

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;(AJ)
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.(AK)
16 TheLordis known by his acts of justice;
the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[c](AL)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,(AM)
all the nations that forget God.(AN)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
the hope(AO)of the afflicted(AP)will never perish.

19 Arise,(AQ)Lord, do not let mortals triumph;(AR)
let the nations be judged(AS)in your presence.
20 Strike them with terror,(AT)Lord;
let the nations know they are only mortal.(AU)

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
2. Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.
3. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew hasHiggaionandSelah(words of uncertain meaning) here;Selahoccurs also at the end of verse 20.

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 9:1:Ps 86:12; 111:1; 119:2, 10, 145; 138:1
2. Psalm 9:1:S Dt 4:34
3. Psalm 9:2:S Job 22:19; Ps 14:7; 31:7; 70:4; 97:8; 126:3; Pr 23:15; Isa 25:9; Jer 30:19; Joel 2:21; Zep 3:14; S Mt 5:12; Rev 19:7
4. Psalm 9:2:S 2Ch 31:2
5. Psalm 9:2:Ps 92:1
6. Psalm 9:4:S 1Ki 8:45
7. Psalm 9:4:S Job 16:21
8. Psalm 9:4:Ps 11:4; 47:8; Isa 6:1
9. Psalm 9:4:Ps 7:11; 67:4; 98:9; 1Pe 2:23
10. Psalm 9:5:Ge 20:7; S 37:10; S 1Ch 16:21; Ps 59:5; 105:14; Isa 26:14; 66:15
11. Psalm 9:5:S Job 18:17
12. Psalm 9:6:S Dt 29:28; Jer 2:3; 46:1-51:58; Zep 2:8-10
13. Psalm 9:6:Ps 34:16; 109:15; Ecc 9:5; Isa 14:22; 26:14
14. Psalm 9:7:S 1Ch 16:31; Rev 19:6
15. Psalm 9:7:Ps 11:4; 47:8; 93:2; Isa 6:1; 66:1
16. Psalm 9:8:S ver 4; Ps 7:11
17. Psalm 9:8:Ps 11:7; 45:6; 72:2
18. Psalm 9:9:S Dt 33:27; S 2Sa 22:3
19. Psalm 9:9:Ps 10:18; 74:21
20. Psalm 9:9:Ps 32:7; 121:7
21. Psalm 9:10:Ps 91:14
22. Psalm 9:10:S Ge 28:15; S Dt 4:31; Ps 22:1; 37:25; 71:11; Isa 49:14; Jer 15:18; Heb 13:5
23. Psalm 9:10:Ps 70:4
24. Psalm 9:11:Ps 7:17
25. Psalm 9:11:S Ps 2:6
26. Psalm 9:11:Ps 18:49; 44:11; 57:9; 106:27; Isa 24:13; Eze 20:23; 1Ti 3:16
27. Psalm 9:11:Ps 105:1
28. Psalm 9:12:S 2Sa 4:11
29. Psalm 9:12:ver 18; Ps 10:17; 22:24; 72:4; Isa 49:13
30. Psalm 9:13:Nu 10:9; Ps 3:7; 18:3
31. Psalm 9:13:Ps 6:2; 41:4; 51:1; 86:3, 16; 119:132
32. Psalm 9:13:S Job 17:16; Mt 16:18
33. Psalm 9:14:Ps 51:15; 1Pe 2:9
34. Psalm 9:14:2Ki 19:21; Isa 1:8; 10:32; 37:22; 62:11; Jer 4:31; 6:2; La 1:6; Mic 1:13; Zep 3:14; Zec 2:10; Mt 21:5; Jn 12:15
35. Psalm 9:14:Ps 13:5; 35:9; 50:23; 51:12
36. Psalm 9:15:S Job 4:8; Ps 35:7
37. Psalm 9:15:Ps 35:8; 57:6
38. Psalm 9:16:Pr 5:22
39. Psalm 9:17:S Nu 16:30; Pr 5:5
40. Psalm 9:17:S Job 8:13
41. Psalm 9:18:Ps 25:3; 39:7; 71:5; Pr 23:18; Jer 14:8
42. Psalm 9:18:ver 12; Ps 74:19
43. Psalm 9:19:Ps 3:7
44. Psalm 9:19:2Ch 14:11
45. Psalm 9:19:Ps 110:6; Isa 2:4; Joel 3:12
46. Psalm 9:20:S Ge 35:5; Ps 31:13; Isa 13:8; Lk 21:26
47. Psalm 9:20:Ps 62:9; Isa 31:3; Eze 28:2

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