Verse 9
Psalms 9:9
World English Bible
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Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/ה֗וּא יִשְׁפֹּֽט תֵּבֵ֥ל בְּ/צֶ֑דֶק יָדִ֥ין לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים בְּ/מֵישָׁרִֽים
English Translation
And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will render decisions to the nations with fairness.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
1
I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart.
I will tell of all your marvelous works.
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2
I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
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3
When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish in your presence.
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4
For you have maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously.
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5
You have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever...
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6
The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has...
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7
But Yahweh reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.
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8
He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness....
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9
Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble.
10
Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who s...
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11
Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion,
and declare among the people what he has done.
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12
For he who avenges blood remembers them.
He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
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13
Have mercy on me, Yahweh.
See my affliction by those who hate me,
and lift me up from the gates of d...
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14
that I may show all of your praise.
In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your sal...
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15
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made.
In the net which they hid, their own foot is t...
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16
Yahweh has made himself known.
He has executed judgment.
The wicked is snared by the work of his own...
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17
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,
even all the nations that forget God (Elohim).
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18
For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
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19
Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail.
Let the nations be judged in your sight.
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20
Put them in fear, Yahweh.
Let the nations know that they are only men.
Selah.
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