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Chapter 9
Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Lord's Righteous Judgments
To the Chief Musician. To The Tune of “Death of the Son.” a Psalm of David.
1I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
2I will be glad and rejoice in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3When my enemies turn back,
They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
4For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
5You have rebuked the nations,
You have destroyed the wicked;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6O enemy, destructions are finished forever!
And you have destroyed cities;
Even their memory has perished.
7But the Lord shall endure forever;
He has prepared His throne for judgment.
8He shall judge the world in righteousness,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.
9The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
10And those who know Your name will put their trust in You;
For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion!
Declare His deeds among the people.
12When He avenges blood, He remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the humble.
13Have mercy on me, O Lord!
Consider my trouble from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14That I may tell of all Your praise
In the gates of the daughter of Zion.
I will rejoice in Your salvation.
15The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
16The Lord is known by the judgment He executes;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Meditation. Selah
17The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the nations that forget God.
18For the needy shall not always be forgotten;
The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
19Arise, O Lord,
Do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
20Put them in fear, O Lord,
That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah
Chapter 10
A Song of Confidence in God's Triumph Over Evil
1Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire;
He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.
4The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
God is in none of his thoughts.
5His ways are always prospering;
Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
6He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
I shall never be in adversity.”
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
8He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
9He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;
He lies in wait to catch the poor;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
10So he crouches, he lies low,
That the helpless may fall by his strength.
11He has said in his heart,
“God has forgotten;
He hides His face;
He will never see.”
12Arise, O Lord!
O God, lift up Your hand!
Do not forget the humble.
13Why do the wicked renounce God?
He has said in his heart,
“You will not require an account.”
14But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless commits himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.
15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
16The Lord is King forever and ever;
The nations have perished out of His land.
17Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,
18To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may oppress no more.
Chapter 11
Faith in the Lord's Righteousness
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1In the Lord I put my trust; How can you say to my soul,
“Flee as a bird to your mountain”?
2For look! The wicked bend their bow,
They make ready their arrow on the string,
That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart.
3If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?
4The Lord is in His holy temple,
The Lord's throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold,
His eyelids test the sons of men.
5The Lord tests the righteous,
But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
6Upon the wicked He will rain coals;
Fire and brimstone and a burning wind
Shall be the portion of their cup.
7For the Lord is righteous,
He loves righteousness;
His countenance beholds the upright.

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