Chapter 9

  To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' -- A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,  

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  I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.  

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  In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.  

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  For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.  

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  Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.  

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  O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.  

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  And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.  

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  And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.  

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  And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.  

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  They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.  

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  Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,  

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  For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.  

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  Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,  

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  So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.  

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  Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.  

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  Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.  

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  The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.  

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  For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.  

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  Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.  

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  Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.  

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