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Psalm 9

For the choir director; according to muth labben;[a] a psalm by David.[b]

I will give you thanks, O Yahweh, with all my heart.
    I will tell about all the miracles you have done.
I will find joy and be glad about you.
    I will make music to praise your name, O Elyon.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Or “almuth labben”; unknown musical term.
  2. Psalm 9:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Greek, and Latin treat Psalms 9 and 10 as one psalm.

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)
I will be glad and rejoice(C) in you;
    I will sing the praises(D) of your name,(E) O Most High.

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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.