Psalm 9

New International Version

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)