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Psalms chapter 9

I will , Yahweh, with . I will tell the story of every you have done.I will be glad and because of you. I will sing your name, .When my enemies retreated, they stumbled and were right in front of you.Because you have and my case. You sat on your throne, .You confronted and destroyed the wicked. You forever and ever.The enemy is finished — forever. You uprooted their cities, and every trace of them has vanished.But Yahweh sits forever. He has set up his throne for .He judges with . He governs the peoples with perfect fairness.Yahweh is a for , a safe place in times of trouble.Those who put their in you, because you, Yahweh, have never abandoned anyone who looks for you. to Yahweh, who lives in ! Tell the peoples what he has done!Because the one who remembers them. He does not ignore the cry of ., Yahweh! See how much I am suffering at the hands of those who hate me. Lift me up from the ,so I can declare in the gates of , and celebrate your of me!The nations have sunk into the . Their own feet are caught in the .Yahweh has — he has . The wicked are .The wicked will go down to — every nation that forgets God.Because will not always be forgotten, and the of the suffering will not be lost forever., Yahweh! Do not let prevail. Let the nations be judged in your presence., Yahweh. Let the nations know they are .