Psalms 91 To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David.
2 (9:1) I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.
3 (9:2) I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.
4 (9:3) When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.
5 (9:4) For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.
6 (9:5) You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.
7 (9:6) You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
8 (9:7) But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.
9 (9:8) And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.
10 (9:9) The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
11 (9:10) And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.
12 (9:11) Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.
13 (9:12) When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
14 (9:13) Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;
15 (9:14) So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
16 (9:15) The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
17 (9:16) The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
18 (9:17) The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.
19 (9:18) For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
20 (9:19) Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.
21 (9:20) Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)
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