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9:1  For the choir director. According to “The Death of the Son.” A psalm by David. I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart. I will tell about all your wonderful deeds.
9:2  I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will make music to your name, O Most High.
9:3  When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish from your presence,
9:4  for you have upheld my rights and my cause. You sat on the throne, judging righteously.
9:5  You have rebuked the nations, and you made the wicked perish. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
9:6  As for the enemy, their destruction is complete and final. You have uprooted cities. Memory of them has perished with them.
9:7  The Lord is seated forever. He has established his throne for judgment.
9:8  The Lord himself will judge the world in righteousness. He will judge the peoples with fairness.
9:9  The Lord will be a refuge for those who have been crushed, a refuge for times of trouble.
9:10  Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
9:11  Make music for the Lord, who is seated in Zion. Proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
9:12  Yes, he who avenges bloodshed remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
9:13  Have mercy on me, O Lord. See my afflictions that are caused by those who hate me, and raise me up from the gates of death,
9:14  so that I may declare all your praise. In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in your salvation.
9:15  The nations have sunk into the pit they have made. Their feet are caught in the net that they have hidden.
9:16  The Lord makes himself known by the judgment he has carried out. By the work of his hands the wicked are snared. Interlude for meditation
9:17  The wicked return to the grave, all the nations who forget God.
9:18  But he will never forget the needy. The hope of the afflicted will never perish.
9:19  Rise up, O Lord. Do not let man triumph. Let the nations be judged in your presence.
9:20  Strike them with fear, O Lord. Let the nations know they are only human. Interlude