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Psalms 9

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Psalms 9 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

ASV: 1ASV

I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

WEB: 2WEB

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

ASV: 2ASV

I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

WEB: 3WEB

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

ASV: 3ASV

When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

WEB: 4WEB

For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

ASV: 4ASV

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

WEB: 5WEB

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

ASV: 5ASV

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

WEB: 6WEB

The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

ASV: 6ASV

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

WEB: 7WEB

But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

ASV: 7ASV

But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

WEB: 8WEB

He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

ASV: 8ASV

And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

WEB: 9WEB

The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

ASV: 9ASV

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

WEB: 10WEB

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

ASV: 10ASV

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

WEB: 11WEB

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

ASV: 11ASV

Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.

WEB: 12WEB

For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.

ASV: 12ASV

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

WEB: 13WEB

Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

ASV: 13ASV

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

WEB: 14WEB

that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

ASV: 14ASV

That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.

WEB: 15WEB

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

ASV: 15ASV

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

WEB: 16WEB

The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

ASV: 16ASV

Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. [Higgaion. Selah

WEB: 17WEB

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

ASV: 17ASV

The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

WEB: 18WEB

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

ASV: 18ASV

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

WEB: 19WEB

Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

ASV: 19ASV

Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

WEB: 20WEB

Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

ASV: 20ASV

Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. [Selah