Psalms 9
9
Triumphant Thanks
For the Pure and Shining One
To the tune of “The Secrets of the Son” # 9 As translated by Augustine, an early church father. The Hebrew is “to the death of the son.” Because of David’s sin with Bathsheba, the son born to them had to die, not as a judgment upon the child, but as a sacrifice to cleanse David of his sin. This was God’s way of restoring David. A sinless son bore the guilt. This is a picture of Jesus!
A Psalm of David
Delighting in God
1I will worship you, Yahweh, with extended hands
as my whole heart erupts with praise! # 9:1 The Hebrew word for “praise” is yadah, which can mean “to shoot [an arrow]” or “to worship with extended hands.” It implies an ecstatic burst of praise that is thrown into the heavens like a shout. It is the praise that breaks strongholds. A fresh determination arose in David’s spirit to praise his way into victory.
I will tell everyone everywhere about your wonderful works!
2I will be glad and shout in triumph.
I will sing praise to your exalted name, O Most High.
Deliverance
3For when you appear, I worship
you while my enemies run in retreat.
They stumble and perish before your presence.
4For you have stood up for my cause
and vindicated me when I needed you the most.
From your righteous throne you have given me justice.
Divine Judgment
5With a blast of your rebuke, nations are destroyed.
You obliterated their names forever and ever.
6The Lord thundered and our enemies have been cut off,
vanished in everlasting ruins.
All their cities have been destroyed—
even the memory of them has been erased.
7But Yahweh, our mighty God, reigns forever!
He sits enthroned as King ready to render his verdicts
and judge all with righteousness.
8He will issue his decrees of judgment,
deciding what is right for the entire world,
dispensing justice to all.
9All who are oppressed may come to Yahweh as a high
shelter in the time of trouble, a perfect hiding place.
10For everyone who knows your wonderful name
keeps putting their trust in you.
They can count on you for help no matter what.
O Lord, you will never, no never, neglect those
who come to you.
11Listen, everyone! Sing out your praises to the God
who rules in Zion!
Tell the world about all the miracles he has done!
12He tracks down killers and avenges bloodshed,
but he will never forget the ones forgotten by others,
hearing every one of their cries for justice.
Daughter of Zion
13So now, O Lord, don’t forget me.
Have mercy on me.
Take note of how I’ve been humiliated
at the hands of those who hate me.
You are the one who can snatch me away from the gates of death.
14Then I will sing your praises as I pass through the gates
of the Daughter of Zion, rejoicing in your deliverance!
15For the nations get trapped
in the very snares they set for others.
The hidden trap they set for the weak
has snapped shut upon themselves!
16Yahweh is famous for his justice.
While the wicked are digging a pit for others,
they are actually setting the terms for their own judgment.
They will fall into their own pit.
Consider the truth of this # 9:16 The Hebrew word higgaion means “to consider the truth of the matter.”
and pause in his presence
Destruction of the Wicked
17Don’t forget this: all the wicked will one day
fall into the darkness of death’s domain, # 9:17 This is the word Sheol, the underworld, which is frequently translated “hell.”
including the nations that forget God and reject his ways.
18He will not forget the needs of the poor.
One day the needy will be remembered,
and their hopes will not be forever dashed in disappointment.
19Yahweh, it’s time to arise and judge
the nations who defy you.
Don’t let rebellious men triumph.
20Make them tremble in fear before your presence.
Place a lawgiver over them.
Make them know that they are only puny, frail humans
who must give account to you!
Pause in his presence
Currently Selected:
Psalms 9: TPT
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
The Passion Translation® is a registered trademark of Passion & Fire Ministries, Inc.
Copyright © 2020 Passion & Fire Ministries, Inc.
Learn More About The Passion TranslationPsalms 9
9
Psalm 9#9.0 Ps 9 is an alphabetic acrostic poem (cf Ps 119) in Heb, with successive letters of the alphabet beginning every few lines, with only a few exceptions. Only ten letters are found in Ps 9; the sequence may be continued in Ps 10, suggesting that Pss 9–10 are a single poem.
For the music leader. According to Muth-labben.#9.0 Or Almuth labben; Heb uncertain, perhaps a reference to the melody; cf Pss 46:1; 48:14 A psalm of David.
1I will thank you, LORD, with all my heart;
I will talk about all your wonderful acts.
2I will celebrate and rejoice in you;
I will sing praises to your name, Most High.
3When my enemies turn and retreat,
they fall down and die right in front of you
4because you have established justice
for me and my claim,
because you rule from the throne,
establishing justice rightly.
5You’ve denounced the nations,
destroyed the wicked.
You’ve erased their names for all time.
6Every enemy is wiped out,
like something ruined forever.
You’ve torn down their cities—
even the memory of them is dead.
7But the LORD rules forever!
He assumes his throne
for the sake of justice.
8He will establish justice in the world rightly;
he will judge all people fairly.
9The LORD is a safe place for the oppressed—
a safe place in difficult times.
10Those who know your name trust you
because you have not abandoned
any who seek you, LORD.
11Sing praises to the LORD, who lives in Zion!
Proclaim his mighty acts among all people!
12Because the one who avenges bloodshed
remembers those who suffer;
the LORD hasn’t forgotten their cries for help.
13Have mercy on me, LORD!
Just look how I suffer
because of those who hate me.
But you are the one who brings me back
from the very gates of death
14so I can declare all your praises,
so I can rejoice in your salvation
in the gates of Daughter Zion.
15The nations have fallen
into the hole they themselves made!
Their feet are caught
in the very net they themselves hid!
16The LORD is famous for the justice he has done;
it’s his own doing that the wicked are trapped. Higgayon.#9.16 Heb uncertain; or recitation (see Pss 1:2; 19:14) or melody (see Ps 92:3). Selah
17Let the wicked go straight to the grave,#9.17 Heb Sheol
the same for every nation that forgets God.
18Because the poor won’t be forgotten forever,
the hope of those who suffer won’t be lost for all time.
19Get up, LORD! Don’t let people prevail!
Let the nations be judged before you.
20Strike them with fear, LORD.
Let the nations know they are only human. Selah
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
2011 Common English Bible. All rights reserved.