To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.
Psalms 9:1: I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
Psalms 9:2: I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
Psalms 9:3: When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
Psalms 9:4: For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
Psalms 9:5: Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Psalms 9:6: O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Psalms 9:7: But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
Psalms 9:8: And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Psalms 9:9: The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalms 9:10: And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Psalms 9:11: Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Psalms 9:12: When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Psalms 9:13: 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 d**h:
Psalms 9:14: That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms 9:15: The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 9:16: The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalms 9:17: The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 9:18: For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalms 9:19: Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Psalms 9:20: Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.