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14 so that I may declare all your praise.
In the gates of the Daughter of Zion[a] I will rejoice in your salvation.

The Fate of the Wicked

15 The nations have sunk into the pit they have made.
Their feet are caught in the net that they have hidden.
16 The Lord makes himself known by the judgment he has carried out.
By the work of his hands the wicked are snared. Interlude for meditation[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:14 This half-line may be taken with the preceding line rather than with the following line. Here Daughter of Zion seems to be a personification of Jerusalem.
  2. Psalm 9:16 Higgaion and selah together may mean a musical interlude for meditation.

14 that I may declare your praises(A)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,(B)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.(C)

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;(D)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.(E)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.