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Psalm 9 Majority Standard Bible

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Notes on this text (1)

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. 3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You. 4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously. 5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. 6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished. 7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment. 8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity. 9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. 10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. 11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations. 12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. 13 Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death, 14 that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation. 15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. 16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah 17 The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God. 18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed. 19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence. 20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but 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. 1 Psalm 86:12; 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 145:1–3; Psalm 103:1–2
  2. 2 Psalm 83:18; Psalm 5:11; Psalm 7:17; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 97:9
  3. 3 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 20:11; Revelation 6:12–17; Psalm 76:7; Psalm 80:16
  4. 4 Psalm 140:12; 1 Peter 2:23; Psalm 98:9; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 47:8
  5. 5 Proverbs 10:7; Revelation 19:15; Malachi 4:3; Deuteronomy 9:14; Proverbs 13:9
  6. 6 Exodus 14:13; Isaiah 14:22–23; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Micah 7:8; Nahum 1:9–13
  7. 7 Psalm 103:19; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 20:11; Psalm 89:14; Psalm 102:12
  8. 8 Psalm 96:13; Revelation 20:12–13; Psalm 98:9; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16
  9. 9 Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 91:1–2; Nahum 1:7; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 46:1
  10. 10 Psalm 91:14; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 26:3–4; Psalm 105:3–4; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10
  11. 11 Psalm 107:22; Psalm 96:1–2; Psalm 148:1–5; Psalm 66:2; Isaiah 12:4–6
  12. 12 Psalm 34:6; Exodus 3:7; Revelation 16:6; Genesis 9:5; Revelation 6:9–10
  13. 13 Psalm 30:3; Psalm 86:13; Isaiah 38:10; Psalm 13:3; Psalm 107:18
  14. 14 Psalm 13:5; Psalm 35:9; 1 Samuel 2:1; Psalm 51:12; Psalm 20:5
  15. 15 Psalm 57:6; Psalm 35:8; Psalm 7:15–16; Proverbs 5:22; Proverbs 22:8
  16. 16 Exodus 7:5; Proverbs 12:13; Exodus 14:31; Psalm 83:17–18; Joshua 2:10–11
  17. 17 Psalm 50:22; Revelation 21:8; Romans 2:8–9; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9; Job 8:13
  18. 18 Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14; James 2:5; Luke 6:20
  19. 19 Psalm 3:7; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 149:7; Psalm 74:22–23
  20. 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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm IX)

    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.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 9:12 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XVII)

    … 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 …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 9:13 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters VI–XI)

    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)

  4. Quotes verse 9:18 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XIV, Chapter 9)

    … 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)

  5. Quotes verse 9:19 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon LX)

    "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)