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| | Psa 9:1 | I will thank you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
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| | Psa 9:2 | I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
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| | Psa 9:3 | My enemies turn away in retreat; they are overthrown and destroyed before you.
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| | Psa 9:4 | For you have judged in my favor; from your throne, you have judged with fairness.
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| | Psa 9:5 | You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever.
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| | Psa 9:6 | My enemies have met their doom; their cities are perpetual ruins. Even the memory of their uprooted cities is lost.
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| | Psa 9:7 | But the LORD reigns forever, executing judgment from his throne.
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| | Psa 9:8 | He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness.
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| | Psa 9:9 | The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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| | Psa 9:10 | Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, have never abandoned anyone who searches for you.
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| | Psa 9:11 | Sing praises to the LORD who reigns in Jerusalem. Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.
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| | Psa 9:12 | For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore those who cry to him for help.
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| | Psa 9:13 | LORD, have mercy on me. See how I suffer at the hands of those who hate me. Snatch me back from the jaws of death.
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| | Psa 9:14 | Save me, so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem's gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
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| | Psa 9:15 | The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others. They have been caught in their own trap.
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| | Psa 9:16 | The LORD is known for his justice. The wicked have trapped themselves in their own snares. Quiet Interlude
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| | Psa 9:17 | The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
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| | Psa 9:18 | For the needy will not be forgotten forever; the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.
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| | Psa 9:19 | Arise, O LORD! Do not let mere mortals defy you! Let the nations be judged in your presence!
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| | Psa 9:20 | Make them tremble in fear, O LORD. Let them know they are merely human. Interlude
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