微读圣经

Psalm 9

Celebration of God’s Justice

For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. A psalm of David.

1I will thank the Lord with all my heart;

I will declare all your wondrous works.9:1 1Ch 16:9,24; Ps 26:7; 96:3; 105:2

2I will rejoice and boast about you;9:2 Ps 5:11

I will sing about your name, Most High.9:2 Ps 7:17; 92:1

3When my enemies retreat,

they stumble and perish before you.9:3 Lv 26:37; Ps 27:2; 92:9

4For you have upheld my just cause;9:4 1Kg 8:45,49,59; 2Ch 6:35,39

you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.9:4 Ps 7:11

5You have rebuked the nations:9:5 Is 17:3

You have destroyed the wicked;9:5 Ps 68:2

you have erased their name forever and ever.9:5 Zch 13:2

6The enemy has come to eternal ruin;

you have uprooted the cities,

and the very memory of them has perished.9:6 Ps 34:16

7But the Lord sits enthroned forever;9:7 Ps 29:10; 102:12; Lm 5:19

he has established his throne for judgment.9:7 Ps 89:14

8And he judges the world with righteousness;

he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.9:8 Ps 96:13; 98:9; Rv 19:11

9The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted,

a refuge in times of trouble.9:9 Ps 14:6; Is 14:32

10Those who know your name trust in you

because you have not abandoned

those who seek you, Lord.9:10 Ps 37:28; 94:14

11Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;9:11 Ps 76:2

proclaim his deeds among the nations.9:11 1Ch 16:8; Ps 105:1

12For the one who seeks an accounting

for bloodshed remembers them;9:12 Gn 9:5

he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.9:12 Ps 12:5; Pr 22:22–23

13Be gracious to me, Lord;

consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.9:13 Ps 69:14

Lift me up from the gates of death,9:13 Ps 30:3; 86:13

14so that I may declare all your praises.

I will rejoice in your salvation9:14 1Sm 2:1

within the gates of Daughter Zion.

15The nations have fallen into the pit they made;

their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.9:15 Ps 7:15; 57:6; Pr 28:10

16The Lord has made himself known;

he has executed justice,9:16 Is 56:1

snaring the wicked

by the work of their hands.9:16 Ps 3:7; Is 11:4Higgaion. Selah

17The wicked will return to Sheol9:17 Ps 31:17; 49:14; 55:15 —

all the nations that forget God.9:17 Jb 8:13; Ps 50:22

18For the needy will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the oppressed9:18 Alt Hb tradition reads humble will not perish forever.9:18 Ps 12:5; 72:4

19Rise up, Lord! Do not let mere humans prevail;

let the nations be judged in your presence.9:19 Ps 82:8; 110:6

20Put terror in them, Lord;9:20 Ps 14:5

let the nations know they are only humans.9:20 Ps 62:9Selah

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