1 To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy wonderful works.
2 \\9:1\\To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy wonderful works.
3 \\9:2\\I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
4 \\9:3\\When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
5 \\9:4\\For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest on the throne judging right.
6 \\9:5\\Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
7 \\9:6\\O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial hath perished with them.
8 \\9:7\\But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
9 \\9:8\\And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
10 \\9:9\\The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
11 \\9:10\\And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
12 \\9:11\\Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
13 \\9:12\\When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
14 \\9:13\\Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
15 \\9:14\\That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
16 \\9:15\\The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
17 \\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.
18 \\9:17\\The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
19 \\9:18\\For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
20 \\9:19\\Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
21 \\9:20\\Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
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Today's Verse
In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
Verse Of The DayAt its heart is the promise that the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed in times of trouble, a theme picked up in Psalms 9:1 and Psalms 86:12, closing with a plea that surrounding nations would know themselves to be but men.
