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Psalm 9
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I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy
marvellous works. |
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| 9:2
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. |
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| 9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy
presence. |
 (9:3-6) "When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy
presence ... Thou hast destroyed the wicked ... Thou hast destroyed cities."
If you pray to God, he will kill your enemies and destroy cities for you.
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| 9:4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
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| 9:5
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast
put out their name for ever and ever. |
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| 9:6
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast
destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. |
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| 9:7
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for
judgment. |
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| 9:8
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment
to the people in uprightness. |
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| 9:9
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of
trouble. |
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| 9:10
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD,
hast not forsaken them that seek thee. |
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| 9:11
Sing praises to the
LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. |
 (9:11) "The LORD ... dwelleth in Zion."
Where does God dwell?
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| 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth
not the cry of the humble. |
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| 9:13
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them
that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: |
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| 9:14
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion:
I will rejoice in thy salvation. |
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| 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they
hid is their own foot taken. |
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| 9:16
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared
in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. |
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| 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. |
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| 9:18
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor
shall not perish for ever. |
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| 9:19
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy
sight. |
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| 9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but
men. Selah.
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