Psalms 9

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9:1
לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַלְמוּת לַבֵּן מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד׃
For the Leader; upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.
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9:2
אוֹדֶה יְהוָה בְּכָל־לִבִּי אֲסַפְּרָה כָּל־נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ׃
I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all Thy marvellous works.
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9:3
אֶשְׂמְחָה וְאֶעֶלְצָה בָךְ אֲזַמְּרָה שִׁמְךָ עֶלְיוֹן׃
I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High:
9:4
בְּשׁוּב־אוֹיְבַי אָחוֹר יִכָּשְׁלוּ וְיֹאבְדוּ מִפָּנֶיךָ׃
When mine enemies are turned back, They stumble and perish at Thy presence;
9:5
כִּי־עָשִׂיתָ מִשְׁפָּטִי וְדִינִי יָשַׁבְתָּ לְכִסֵּא שׁוֹפֵט צֶדֶק׃
For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.
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9:6
גָּעַרְתָּ גוֹיִם אִבַּדְתָּ רָשָׁע שְׁמָם מָחִיתָ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד׃
Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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9:7
הָאוֹיֵב תַּמּוּ חֳרָבוֹת לָנֶצַח וְעָרִים נָתַשְׁתָּ אָבַד זִכְרָם הֵמָּה׃
O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; And the cities which thou didst uproot, Their very memorial is perished.
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9:8
וַיהוָה לְעוֹלָם יֵשֵׁב כּוֹנֵן לַמִּשְׁפָּט כִּסְאוֹ׃
But the LORD is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.
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9:9
וְהוּא יִשְׁפֹּט־תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק יָדִין לְאֻמִּים בְּמֵישָׁרִים׃
And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.
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9:10
וִיהִי יְהוָה מִשְׂגָּב לַדָּךְ מִשְׂגָּב לְעִתּוֹת בַּצָּרָה׃
The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
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9:11
וְיִבְטְחוּ בְךָ יוֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶךָ כִּי לֹא־עָזַבְתָּ דֹרְשֶׁיךָ יְהוָה׃
And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; For thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
9:12
זַמְּרוּ לַיהוָה יֹשֵׁב צִיּוֹן הַגִּידוּ בָעַמִּים עֲלִילוֹתָיו׃
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion; Declare among the peoples His doings.
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9:13
כִּי־דֹרֵשׁ דָּמִים אוֹתָם זָכָר לֹא־שָׁכַח צַעֲקַת עניים [עֲנָוִים׃]
For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.
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9:14
חָנְנֵנִי יְהוָה רְאֵה עָנְיִי מִשֹּׂנְאָי מְרוֹמְמִי מִשַּׁעֲרֵי מָוֶת׃
Be gracious unto me, O LORD, Behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
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9:15
לְמַעַן אֲסַפְּרָה כָּל־תְּהִלָּתֶיךָ בְּשַׁעֲרֵי בַת־צִיּוֹן אָגִילָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ׃
That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, That I may rejoice in Thy salvation.
9:16
טָבְעוּ גוֹיִם בְּשַׁחַת עָשׂוּ בְּרֶשֶׁת־זוּ טָמָנוּ נִלְכְּדָה רַגְלָם׃
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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9:17
נוֹדַע יְהוָה מִשְׁפָּט עָשָׂה בְּפֹעַל כַּפָּיו נוֹקֵשׁ רָשָׁע הִגָּיוֹן סֶלָה׃
The LORD hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah
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9:18
יָשׁוּבוּ רְשָׁעִים לִשְׁאוֹלָה כָּל־גּוֹיִם שְׁכֵחֵי אֱלֹהִים׃
The wicked shall return to the nether-world, Even all the nations that forget God.
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9:19
כִּי לֹא לָנֶצַח יִשָּׁכַח אֶבְיוֹן תִּקְוַת ענוים [עֲנִיִּים] תֹּאבַד לָעַד׃
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
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9:20
קוּמָה יְהוָה אַל־יָעֹז אֱנוֹשׁ יִשָּׁפְטוּ גוֹיִם עַל־פָּנֶיךָ׃
Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Thy sight.
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9:21
שִׁיתָה יְהוָה מוֹרָה לָהֶם יֵדְעוּ גוֹיִם אֱנוֹשׁ הֵמָּה סֶּלָה׃
Set terror over them, O LORD; Let the nations know they are but men. Selah
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@FriarTuck23

One acrostic split into two chapters

Psalms 9 and 10 originally functioned as a single acrostic poem, each verse beginning with a successive Hebrew letter, before later editors split them apart. Some of that structure survives even across the two separate chapter numbers today. The acro...

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@Rashi

Rashi on Psalms 9:1

<b>to brighten the youth</b> Heb. על מות לבן. Some interpret על מות לבן, on the death of Absalom, but this interpretation is not plausible because he [David] states: לבן ; he does not state הבן. Others interpret על מות לבן [as referring to] Nabal. Ne...

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