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Psalms 9

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBFor 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.
    KJVTo the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
  2. 2
    WEBI will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
    KJVI will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
  3. 3
    WEBWhen my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
    KJVWhen mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
  4. 4
    WEBFor you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
    KJVFor thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
  5. 5
    WEBYou have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
    KJVThou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
  6. 6
    WEBThe enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
    KJVO thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
  7. 7
    WEBBut Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
    KJVBut the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
  8. 8
    WEBHe will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
    KJVAnd he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
  9. 9
    WEBYahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
    KJVThe LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
  10. 10
    WEBThose who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
    KJVAnd they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
  11. 11
    WEBSing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
    KJVSing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
  12. 12
    WEBFor he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
    KJVWhen he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
  13. 13
    WEBHave mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
    KJVHave mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
  14. 14
    WEBthat I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
    KJVThat I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
  15. 15
    WEBThe nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
    KJVThe heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
  16. 16
    WEBYahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
    KJVThe LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  17. 17
    WEBThe wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
    KJVThe wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
  18. 18
    WEBFor the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
    KJVFor the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
  19. 19
    WEBArise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
    KJVArise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
  20. 20
    WEBPut them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.
    KJVPut them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
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