Psalm 9:9-20
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The LORD is a safe place for the oppressed a safe place in difficult times. 10
Those who know your name trust you because you have not abandoned any who seek you, LORD. 11
Sing praises to the LORD, who lives in Zion! Proclaim his mighty acts among all people! 12
Because the one who avenges bloodshed remembers those who suffer; the LORD hasn’t forgotten their cries for help. 13
Have mercy on me, LORD! Just look how I suffer because of those who hate me. But you are the one who brings me back from the very gates of death 14
so I can declare all your praises, so I can rejoice in your salvation in the gates of Daughter Zion. 15
The nations have fallen into the hole they themselves made! Their feet are caught in the very net they themselves hid! 16
The LORD is famous for the justice he has done; it’s his own doing that the wicked are trapped. Higgayon. Selah 17
Let the wicked go straight to the grave, the same for every nation that forgets God. 18
Because the poor won’t be forgotten forever, the hope of those who suffer won’t be lost for all time. 19
Get up, LORD! Don’t let people prevail! Let the nations be judged before you. 20
Strike them with fear, LORD. Let the nations know they are only human. Selah