the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Psalms 9
A Psalm of Thanksgiving for God's Justice.
For the choir director; on [a]Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.
1 I will give thanks to the Lord with all (a)my heart;
I will (b)tell of all Your [b]wonders.
2 I will be glad and (c)exult in You;
I will (d)sing praise to Your name, O (e)Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and (f)perish before You.
4 For You have (g)maintained [c]my just cause;
You have sat on the throne [d](h)judging righteously.
5 You have (i)rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have (j)blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 [e]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very (k)memory of them has perished.
7 But the (l)Lord [f]abides forever;
He has established His (m)throne for judgment,
8 And He will (n)judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.
9 [g]The Lord also will be a (o)stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
10 And [h]those who (p)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not (q)forsaken those who seek You.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who (r)dwells in Zion;
(s)Declare among the peoples His deeds.
12 For (t)He who [i]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget (u)the cry of the afflicted.
13 Be gracious to me, O Lord;
See my affliction from those (v)who hate me,
You who (w)lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may tell of (x)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may (y)rejoice in Your [j]salvation.
15 The nations have sunk down (z)in the pit which they have made;
In the (aa)net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has (ab)made Himself known;
He has (ac)executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. [k]Higgaion [l]Selah.
17 The wicked will [m](ad)return to [n]Sheol,
Even all the nations who (ae)forget God.
18 For the (af)needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the (ag)hope of the afflicted perish forever.
19 (ah)Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be (ai)judged before You.
20 Put them (aj)in fear, O Lord;
Let the nations know that they are (ak)but men. Selah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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