Verse 4
Psalms 9:4
English Revised Version
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For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging righteously.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּ/שׁוּב אוֹיְבַ֥/י אָח֑וֹר יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ וְ֝/יֹאבְד֗וּ מִ/פָּנֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish before you.
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Chapter 9 Context
1
For the Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with m...
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2
I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
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3
When mine enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.
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4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging righteously.
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Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted out their name for...
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6
The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; and the cities which thou hast overthrown,...
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7
But the LORD sitteth as king for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
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8
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the peoples in uprightn...
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9
The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;
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10
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them tha...
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11
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
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12
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
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13
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that lift...
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14
That I may shew forth all thy praise: in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy sa...
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15
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot tak...
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16
The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his...
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17
The wicked shall return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God (Elohim).
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18
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
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19
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.
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20
Put them in fear, O LORD: let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah
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