Psalm 9

Celebration of God’s Justice

For the choir director: according to Muth-labben.[a] A Davidic psalm.

I will thank Yahweh with all my heart;
I will declare all Your wonderful works.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Perhaps a musical term

Psalm 9[a][b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;(A)
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.

11 Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.(A)

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11 Come, my children, listen(A) to me;
    I will teach you(B) the fear of the Lord.(C)

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15 My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.(A)

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15 My mouth will tell(A) of your righteous deeds,(B)
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.

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24 Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
Your righteousness all day long,
for those who seek my harm
will be disgraced and confounded.(A)

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24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
    all day long,(A)
for those who wanted to harm me(B)
    have been put to shame and confusion.(C)

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