9:1 [ To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.] I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. 9:2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 9:3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence. 9:4 For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment. 9:5 You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. 9:6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished. 9:7 But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, 9:8 and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness. 9:9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. 9:10 And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds! 9:12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted. 9:13 Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death, 9:14 that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation. 9:15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught. 9:16 The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah 9:17 The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. 9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever. 9:19 Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! 9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah