Psalm 9

God’s Power and Justice

To the leader: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.
¹I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
   I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
²I will be glad and exult in you;
   I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

³When my enemies turned back,
   they stumbled and perished before you.
⁴For you have maintained my just cause;
   you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgement.

⁵You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked;
   you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
⁶The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins;
   their cities you have rooted out;
   the very memory of them has perished.

⁷But the Lord sits enthroned for ever,
   he has established his throne for judgement.
⁸He judges the world with righteousness;
   he judges the peoples with equity.