9:1 For the director of music. To the tune of"The Death of the Son." A psalm of David. I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.

9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

9:3 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

9:4 For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.

9:5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

9:6 Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.

9:7 The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.

9:8 He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.

9:9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

9:10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.

9:12 For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

9:13 O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

9:14 that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation.

9:15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

9:16 The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion. Selah

9:17 The wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God.

9:18 But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.

9:19 Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.

9:20 Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah