Psalm 9

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9 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

I want everyone to know about you!!

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

When you know you are loved it is easy to praise!

3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

My enemies will run at your coming, and at your presence, my enemies will be destroyed.  God takes up for me!

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

You unheld me when I stood for what is right!

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

You do not tolerate bad behavior.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

Anything wicked, you destroy.  

7 But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

You exist and you will be the judge. God has a prepared place for His final court session.

8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

God will judge the world according to His Word.  He will not use a false balance.

9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

God knows we need a hiding place and he will lead us into it when we need it.

10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Your name is Your Word.  When we learn His name we will trust Him.  No matter what it takes you will help those who are yours.

11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

I may as well sing!  Knowing that God has my back.  I will make known his doings to all I come in contact with.

12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

He will not destroy the righteous with the wicked.  God knows who's who.

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:

When I call because I need you, remember me and pick me up out of the presence of those who do me wrong.

14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

I will praise you among those who know you too.

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

People who refuse to know the Word of God,  dig holes and set nets for others, but they are the only ones who will be caught in what they meant to harm others with.

16 The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

You will know God by his judgments.  The wicked plot against themselves.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

The residence of the wicked is hell.  And all nations who refuse to be taught the Word of God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Those who seem to be forgotten by God are not forgotten by God.  God will meet the need of the neglected.

19 Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

Call a session to your court and settle the argument.  Don't let man have the last word.

20 Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Raise up your people Lord.  So that nations will see that you are God and we are mere men.

Song

The only way a man 

will turn his back on you 

is because he doesn’t know 

Your Word is truth

You are just

In all of your ways

When a man knows you

He wants to obey

God is all-knowing

He’ll  turn things around

He is not hiding from our pain

He can always be found

Man makes laws

We all know ain’t right

Injustice seems to rule

Until God gets in the fight

If only we knew 

His love can be proved

Many would seek Him

And declare He is Good.