{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T07:43:17.694Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"When mine enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging righteously."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; and the cities which thou hast overthrown, their very memorial is perished."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But the LORD sitteth as king for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Have mercy upon me, O LORD; behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"That I may shew forth all thy praise: in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The wicked shall return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Put them in fear, O LORD: let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 9 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 9](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/9 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}