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1 <Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.> (9-2) I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.
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I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2 (9-3) I will be glad, and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
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I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 (9-4) When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and perish before thy face.
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When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before you.
4 (9-5) For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
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For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
5 (9-6) Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 (9-7) The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise:
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The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities you have rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
7 (9-8) But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
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But the Lord sits enthroned forever, he has established his throne for judgment.
8 (9-9) And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
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He judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with equity.
9 (9-10) And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
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The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 (9-11) And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
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And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 (9-12) Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
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Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Declare his deeds among the peoples.
12 (9-13) For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
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For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 (9-14) Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
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Be gracious to me, O Lord. See what I suffer from those who hate me; you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,
14 (9-15) Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
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so that I may recount all your praises, and, in the gates of daughter Zion, rejoice in your deliverance.
15 (9-16) I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
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The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.
16 (9-17) The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
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The Lord has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.+p[Higgaion. Selah]
17 (9-18) The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.
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The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
18 (9-19) For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 (9-20) Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
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Rise up, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail; let the nations be judged before you.
20 (9-21) Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
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Put them in fear, O Lord; let the nations know that they are only human. (Selah)
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