# 9:1 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.#9:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.

1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;

I will recount all of your *Ps. 26:7;40:5;96:3;105:5wonderful deeds.

2 I will be glad and *Ps. 5:11exult in you;

I will *Ps. 7:17sing praise to your name, *See Ps. 83:18O Most High.

3 When my enemies turn back,

they stumble and perish before*9:3 Or because of your presence.

4 For you have *Ps. 140:12maintained my just cause;

you have *Ps. 29:10sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

5 You have *Ps. 68:30rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;

you have *Deut. 9:14;29:20;[Prov. 10:7]blotted 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 *Ps. 58:11;96:13;98:9judges the world with righteousness;

he *Ps. 96:10judges the peoples with uprightness.

9 The Lord is *2 Sam. 22:3;[Prov. 18:10] a stronghold for *Ps. 10:18;74:21the oppressed,

a stronghold in *Ps. 10:1times of trouble.

10 And those who *Ps. 91:14know 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 *Ps. 76:2sits enthroned in Zion!

Tell among the peoples his *Ps. 77:12;[Ps. 107:22]deeds!

12 For he who *Gen. 9:5;[Ps. 10:13]; See 1 Kgs. 21:17-19avenges blood is mindful of them;

he *ver. 18;Ps. 10:12;[Ps. 12:5]does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13 *Ps. 4:1Be gracious to me, O Lord!

See my affliction from those who hate me,

O you who lift me up from *See Job 38:17the gates of death,

14 that I may recount all your praises,

that in the gates of *2 Kgs. 19:21;Isa. 37:22the daughter of Zion

I may *Ps. 13:5;20:5;21:1;35:9;1 Sam. 2:1rejoice in your salvation.

15 The nations have sunk in *See Ps. 7:15the pit that they made;

in *See Job 18:8the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

16 The Lord has made himself *Ex. 7:5;14:4known; he has executed judgment;

the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.*9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical termSelah

17 The wicked shall *[Gen. 3:19] return to Sheol,

all the nations that *Ps. 50:22;Job 8:13;Isa. 51:13forget God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,

and *[Prov. 23:18;24:14]the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

19 *See Ps. 3:7Arise, O Lord! Let not *[Ps. 10:18]man prevail;

let the nations be judged before you!

20 Put them in fear, O Lord!

Let the nations know that they are but *[See ver. 19above]men! Selah