Psalm 9
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| 1 | I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders. | I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. | I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works. | I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works. |
| 2 | I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. | I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. | I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. | I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High. |
| 3 | When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You. | When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. | When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence. | When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence. |
| 4 | For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously. | For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. | For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously. | For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously. |
| 5 | You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. | Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. | You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever. | Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. |
| 6 | The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished. | O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. | The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. | The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished. |
| 7 | But the Lord abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment. | But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. | But the Lord reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment. | But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment; |
| 8 | He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity. | And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. | He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness. | And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness. |
| 9 | The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. | The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. | The Lord will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble. | Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble; |
| 10 | Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. | And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. | Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. | And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. |
| 11 | Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations. | Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. | Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done. | Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings. |
| 12 | For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. | When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. | For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted. | For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor. |
| 13 | Be merciful to me, O Lord; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death, | Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: | Have mercy on me, Lord. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death, | Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death; |
| 14 | that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation. | That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. | that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion. | That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation. |
| 15 | The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. | The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. | The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. | The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken. |
| 16 | The Lord is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah | The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. | The Lord has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah. | Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. [Higgaion. Selah |
| 17 | The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God. | The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. | The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. | The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God. |
| 18 | For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed. | For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. | For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever. | For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever. |
| 19 | Rise up, O Lord, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence. | Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. | Arise, Lord! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight. | Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight. |
| 20 | Lay terror upon them, O Lord; let the nations know they are but men. Selah | Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. | Put them in fear, Lord. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah. | Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. [Selah |