Psalms9

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¹ I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.

² I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

³ When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.

⁴ For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.

⁵ You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

⁶ O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.

⁷ But the Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.

⁸ He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

⁹ The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.

¹⁰ And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people.

¹² When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.

¹³ Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴ That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.

¹⁵ The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

¹⁶ The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah

¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

¹⁹ Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.

²⁰ Put them in fear, O Lord, That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah

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Psalms 9

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Chapter Summary

In this chapter: David praises God for protecting his people. (1–10). And for cause to praise him. (11–20).

vv1-10

If we would praise God acceptably, we must praise him in sincerity, with our whole heart. When we give thanks for some one particular mercy, we should remember former mercies. Our joy must not be in the gift, so much as in the Giver. The triumphs of the Redeemer ought to be the triumphs of the redeemed. The almighty power of God is that which the strongest and stoutest of his enemies are no way able to stand before. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, and that with him there is no unrighteousness. His people may, by faith, flee to him as their Refuge, and may depend on his power and promise for their safety, so that no real hurt shall be done to them. Those who know him to be a God of truth and faithfulness, will rejoice in his word of promise, and rest upon that. Those who know him to be an everlasting Father, will trust him with their souls as their main care, and trust in him at all times, even to the end; and by constant care seek to approve themselves to him in the whole course of their lives. Who is there that would not seek him, who never hath forsaken those that seek Him?

vv11-20

Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that he has not forgotten the cry of the humble; neither the cry of their blood, or the cry of their prayers. We are never brought so low, so near to death, but God can raise us up. If he has saved us from spiritual and eternal death, we may thence hope, that in all our distresses he will be a very present help to us. The overruling providence of God frequently so orders it, that persecutors and oppressors are brought to ruin by the projects they formed to destroy the people of God. Drunkards kill themselves; prodigals beggar themselves; the contentious bring mischief upon themselves: thus men's sins may be read in their punishment, and it becomes plain to all, that the destruction of sinners is of themselves. All wickedness came originally with the wicked one from hell; and those who continue in sin, must go to that place of torment. The true state, both of nations and of individuals, may be correctly estimated by this one rule, whether in their doings they remember or forget God. David encourages the people of God to wait for his salvation, though it should be long deferred. God will make it appear that he never did forget them: it is not possible he should. Strange that man, dust in his and about him, should yet need some sharp affliction, some severe visitation from God, to bring him to the knowledge of himself, and make him feel who and what he is.

Key Words

choirmasterH5329Hebrew

נָצַח: properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent

PsalmH4210Hebrew

מִזְמוֹר: properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes

DavidH1732Hebrew

דָּוִד: David, the youngest son of Jesse

give thanksH3034Hebrew

יָדָה: physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)

wholeH3605Hebrew

כֹּל: properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

heartH3820Hebrew

לֵב: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

recountH5608Hebrew

סָפַר: properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate

wonderfulH6381Hebrew

פָּלָא: properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful

gladH8055Hebrew

שָׂמַח: probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

exultH5970Hebrew

עָלַץ: to jump for joy, i.e. exult

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