Psalm 9:1-20 AMPC

[1] I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds! [2] I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High! [3] When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You. [4] For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously. [5] You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. [6] The enemy have been cut off and have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up and overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished and vanished. [7] But the Lord shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment. [8] And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness. [9] The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation). [10] And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God's Word and the right of their necessity]. [11] Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion! Declare among the peoples His doings! [12] For He Who avenges the blood [of His people shed unjustly] remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble). [13] Have mercy upon me and be gracious to me, O Lord; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death, [14] That I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation and Your saving help. [15] The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught. [16] The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion [meditation]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [17] The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God. [18] For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation and hope of the meek and the poor shall not perish forever. [19] Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You. [20] Put them in fear [make them realize their frail nature], O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!