Psa 9, Psa 94 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster : according to Muth-labben . A Psalm of David . I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart ; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your ^cwonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and ^dexult in you;
I will ^esing praise to your name, ^fO Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before ^{▼▼Or because of} your presence.
4 For you have ^hmaintained my just cause;
you have ⁱsat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
5 You have ^jrebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
you have ^kblotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
their cities you rooted out;
the very memory of them has perished.
7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for justice,
8 and he ^ljudges the world with righteousness;
he ^mjudges the peoples with uprightness.
9 The Lord is ⁿa stronghold for ^othe oppressed,
a stronghold in ^ptimes of trouble.
10 And those who ^qknow your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who ^rsits enthroned in Zion!
Tell among the peoples his ^sdeeds!
12 For he who ^tavenges blood is mindful of them;
he ^udoes not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 ^vBe gracious to me, O Lord!
See my affliction from those who hate me,
O you who lift me up from ^wthe gates of death,
14 that I may recount all your praises,
that in the gates of ^xthe daughter of Zion
I may ^yrejoice in your salvation.
15 The nations have sunk in ^zthe pit that they made;
in ^aathe net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has made himself ^abknown; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} Selah
17 The wicked shall ^adreturn to Sheol,
all the nations that ^aeforget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and ^afthe hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 ^agArise, O Lord! Let not ^ahman prevail;
let the nations be judged before you!
20 Put them in fear, O Lord!
Let the nations know that they are but ^aimen! Selah

Psalms 94

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

1 O Lord, God of ^ajvengeance,
O God of vengeance, ^akshine forth!
2 ^alRise up, O ^amjudge of the earth;
repay to the ^anproud what they deserve!
3 O Lord, ^aohow long shall the wicked,
how long shall ^apthe wicked exult?
4 They pour out their ^aqarrogant words;
all ^arthe evildoers boast.
5 They ^ascrush your people, O Lord,
and afflict your heritage.
6 They kill ^atthe widow and the sojourner,
and murder ^authe fatherless;
7 ^avand they say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”
8 ^awUnderstand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
9 ^axHe who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He who ^aydisciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who ^azteaches man knowledge—
11 ^bathe Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
that they are ^bbbut a breath. ^{▼▼Septuagint they are futile}
12 ^bdBlessed is the man whom you ^bediscipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,
13 to give him ^bfrest from ^bgdays of trouble,
until ^bha pit is dug for the wicked.
14 ^biFor the Lord will not forsake his ^bjpeople;
he will not abandon his ^bkheritage;
15 for ^bljustice will return to the righteous,
and all the upright in heart will ^bmfollow it.
16 ^bnWho rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?
17 ^boIf the Lord had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^bpsilence.
18 When I thought, ^bq“My foot slips,”
your steadfast love, O Lord, ^brheld me up.
19 When the cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.
20 Can ^bswicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame injustice by ^btstatute?
21 They ^buband together against the life of the righteous
and condemn ^bvthe innocent to death. ^{▼▼Hebrew condemn innocent blood}
22 But the Lord has become my ^bxstronghold,
and my God ^bythe rock of my ^bzrefuge.
23 He will bring back on them ^catheir iniquity
and ^cbwipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Psalms 9

I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds

▼▼Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.

Psalms 94

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

^{▼▼Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm} To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} A Psalm of David.