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Psalms 9

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1 I'm thanking you, God, from a full heart, I'm writing the book on your wonders.
1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I'm whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I'm singing your song, High God.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3 The day my enemies turned tail and ran, they stumbled on you and fell on their faces.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4 You took over and set everything right; when I needed you, you were there, taking charge.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
5 You blow the whistle on godless nations; you throw dirty players out of the game, wipe their names right off the roster.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 Enemies disappear from the sidelines, their reputation trashed, their names erased from the halls of fame.
6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 God holds the high center, he sees and sets the world's mess right.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 He decides what is right for us earthlings, gives people their just deserts.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 God's a safe-house for the battered, a sanctuary during bad times.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 The moment you arrive, you relax; you're never sorry you knocked.
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing your songs to Zion-dwelling God, tell his stories to everyone you meet:
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 How he tracks down killers yet keeps his eye on us, registers every whimper and moan.
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13 Be kind to me, God; I've been kicked around long enough. Once you've pulled me back from the gates of death,
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 death:
14 I'll write the book on Hallelujahs; on the corner of Main and First I'll hold a street meeting; I'll be the song leader; we'll fill the air with salvation songs.
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 They're trapped, those godless countries, in the very snares they set, Their feet all tangled in the net they spread.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 They have no excuse; the way God works is well-known. The cunning machinery made by the wicked has maimed their own hands.
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The wicked bought a one-way ticket to hell.
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
18 No longer will the poor be nameless - no more humiliation for the humble.
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Up, God! Aren't you fed up with their empty strutting? Expose these grand pretensions!
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20 Shake them up, God! Show them how silly they look.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
The King James Version is in the public domain.