Psalm 9 Free Bible Version
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 For the music director. According to Muth-labben. A psalm of David. I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the amazing things you have done.
1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and celebrate in you; I will sing praises to your wonderful nature, Most High God.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 Those who hate me retreat; they fall back and die when you confront them.
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For you have judged that I am right; you have decided fairly from your throne of judgment.
4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5 You have condemned the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever and ever.
5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemies are finished, ruined forever; their cities are destroyed—even the memory of them is gone.
6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 But the Lord rules forever, his throne is set up for judgment.
7 But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 The Lord judges the world rightly; he judges the nations fairly.
8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9 The Lord is a place of safety for those who are oppressed, a fortress in times of trouble.
9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your nature trust in you, for you don't abandon those who come to you.
10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12 He does not forget to punish murderers; he does not ignore the cries of the suffering.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Be gracious to me, Lord! Look at how my enemies are persecuting me! Grab me back from the gates of death,
13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
14 so I can praise you at Zion's gates, happy that you have saved me.
14 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 The nations have fallen into their own pit they dug; their feet are trapped by their own net they set.
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16 The Lord is known for his fairness; the wicked are trapped by their own actions. Higgaion. Selah.
16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
17 The wicked depart, going to the grave—all nations who turn their backs on God.
17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
18 But the needy will not be ignored forever, the hope of those who suffer will not always be dashed.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 Stand up, Lord! Don't let human beings win! Let the nations be brought before you for judgment!
19 Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20 Lord, terrify them! Let them know they are only human! Selah.
20 Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 86:12; 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 145:1–3; Psalm 103:1–2
- 2 Psalm 83:18; Psalm 5:11; Psalm 7:17; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 97:9
- 3 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 20:11; Revelation 6:12–17; Psalm 76:7; Psalm 80:16
- 4 Psalm 140:12; 1 Peter 2:23; Psalm 98:9; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 47:8
- 5 Proverbs 10:7; Revelation 19:15; Malachi 4:3; Deuteronomy 9:14; Proverbs 13:9
- 6 Exodus 14:13; Isaiah 14:22–23; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Micah 7:8; Nahum 1:9–13
- 7 Psalm 103:19; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 20:11; Psalm 89:14; Psalm 102:12
- 8 Psalm 96:13; Revelation 20:12–13; Psalm 98:9; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16
- 9 Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 91:1–2; Nahum 1:7; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 46:1
- 10 Psalm 91:14; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 26:3–4; Psalm 105:3–4; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10
- 11 Psalm 107:22; Psalm 96:1–2; Psalm 148:1–5; Psalm 66:2; Isaiah 12:4–6
- 12 Psalm 34:6; Exodus 3:7; Revelation 16:6; Genesis 9:5; Revelation 6:9–10
- 13 Psalm 30:3; Psalm 86:13; Isaiah 38:10; Psalm 13:3; Psalm 107:18
- 14 Psalm 13:5; Psalm 35:9; 1 Samuel 2:1; Psalm 51:12; Psalm 20:5
- 15 Psalm 57:6; Psalm 35:8; Psalm 7:15–16; Proverbs 5:22; Proverbs 22:8
- 16 Exodus 7:5; Proverbs 12:13; Exodus 14:31; Psalm 83:17–18; Joshua 2:10–11
- 17 Psalm 50:22; Revelation 21:8; Romans 2:8–9; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9; Job 8:13
- 18 Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14; James 2:5; Luke 6:20
- 19 Psalm 3:7; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 149:7; Psalm 74:22–23
- 20 Isaiah 31:3; Jeremiah 32:40; Psalm 62:9; Psalm 82:6–7; Psalm 76:12
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The inscription of this Psalm is, "To the end for the hidden things of the Son, a Psalm of David himself." As to the hidden things of the Son there may be a question: but since he has not added whose, the very only-begotten Son of God should be understood.
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… all things predicted by the Lord, and who in this respect strive to follow the footprints of the Lord's passion, having become martyrs of the suffering One; these we do also enrol with the martyrs themselves. For, when inquisition shall be made for their blood, and they shall attain to glory, then all shall be confounded by Christ, who have …
Love lifts us up thither, and Thy good Spirit lifteth our lowliness from the gates of death. In Thy good pleasure lies our peace.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… shall exist in that most imperturbable security of perpetual and blissful delights, then the expression, "The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever," must be taken in the same sense as that other, "The patience of the poor shall not perish for ever." For patience, which is necessary only where ills are to be borne, shall not be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"All men are liars." We have chanted, "Arise, Lord; let not man prevail." What is, "let not man prevail"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)