To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.
[9:1] I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
[9:2] I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
[9:3] When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.
[9:4] For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
[9:5] You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
[9:6] The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
[9:7] But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,
[9:8] and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
[9:9] The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
[9:10] And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
[9:11] Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
[9:12] For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
[9:13] Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
[9:14] that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
[9:15] The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
[9:16] The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.
[9:17] The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
[9:18] For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
[9:19] Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!
[9:20] Put them in fear, O Lord! Let the nations know that they are but men!