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- Chapter 9 -

I will give thanks to the Lord

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Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. I will tell others about all the wonderful things that you have done.
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I will sing to celebrate what you, who are much greater than all other gods, have done.
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When my enemies realize that you are very powerful, they stumble, and then they are killed.
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You sit on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly concerning me.
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You rebuked the people of other nations, and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.
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Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them anymore.
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But Yahweh rules forever. He judges people while he sits on his throne.
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He will judge all the people in the world justly; he will be fair when he judges the people of every nation.
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Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; he will be like a shelter for them when they have trouble.
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Those who know Yahweh trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him for help.
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Yahweh rules on Mount Zion; praise him and sing to him. Tell the people of all the nations the marvelous things that he has done.
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He does not forget to punish those who have murdered others; he will punish them, and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering.
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Yahweh, act mercifully toward me! Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me. Do not allow me to die because of these injuries.
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I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem and to rejoice because you rescued me.
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It is as though the wicked people of many nations have dug a pit for me to fall into, but they have fallen into that same pit. It is as though they have spread out a net to catch me, but their feet have been caught in that same net.
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Because of what you have done, people know that you make justice happen; you allow wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do.
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Wicked people will all die and be buried in their graves; their spirits will go to be with all those who have forgotten about you.
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But you will not forget those who are needy; what they confidently expect will never be in vain.
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Yahweh, do not allow our enemies to conquer us just because they are strong; You see what the people do and you bring justice to them all.
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Yahweh, teach them that they must be afraid of you and honor you. Cause them to know that they are only human beings.
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I will give thanks to the Lord

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I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
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I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
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When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
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For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
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You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
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The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
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But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
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He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
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The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
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Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
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Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
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For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
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Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
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that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
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The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
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The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
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The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,(a) even all the nations that forget God.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
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Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
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Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

Footnotes

(a)9:17 Sheol is the place of the dead.
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