Psalm 9 - Good News Bible (Anglicised)

Thanksgiving to God for his Justice

¹ I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all the wonderful things you have done.

² I will sing with joy because of you. I will sing praise to you, Almighty God.

³ My enemies turn back when you appear; they fall down and die.

⁴ You are fair and honest in your judgements, and you have judged in my favour.

⁵ You have condemned the heathen and destroyed the wicked; they will be remembered no more.

⁶ Our enemies are finished for ever; you have destroyed their cities, and they are completely forgotten.

⁷ But the LORD is king for ever; he has set up his throne for judgement.

⁸ He rules the world with righteousness; he judges the nations with justice.

⁹ The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a place of safety in times of trouble.

¹⁰ Those who know you, LORD, will trust you; you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

¹¹ Sing praise to the LORD, who rules in Zion! Tell every nation what he has done!

¹² God remembers those who suffer; he does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.

¹³ Be merciful to me, O LORD! See the sufferings my enemies cause me! Rescue me from death, O LORD,

¹⁴ that I may stand before the people of Jerusalem and tell them all the things for which I praise you. I will rejoice because you saved me.

¹⁵ The heathen have dug a pit and fallen in; they have been caught in their own trap.

¹⁶ The LORD has revealed himself by his righteous judgements, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

¹⁷ Death is the destiny of all the wicked, of all those who reject God.

¹⁸ The needy will not always be neglected; the hope of the poor will not be crushed for ever.

¹⁹ Come, LORD! Do not let human beings defy you! Bring the heathen before you and pronounce judgement on them.

²⁰ Make them afraid, O LORD; make them know that they are only mortal beings.