August 9, 2025, Psalm 9:1-20
9 I will
give thanks to the Lord with
my whole heart;
I will
recount all of your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and exult in you;
I
will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When my
enemies turn back,
they
stumble and perish before your presence.
4 For you have maintained my just cause;
you
have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
5 You
have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
you
have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
their
cities you rooted out;
the very
memory of them has perished.
7 But
the Lord sits enthroned
forever;
he has
established his throne for justice,
8 and he judges the world with righteousness;
he judges
the peoples with uprightness.
9 The Lord is a stronghold
for the oppressed,
a
stronghold in times of trouble.
10 And those who know your name put their trust in
you,
for you,
O Lord, have not forsaken
those who seek you.
11 Sing
praises to the Lord,
who sits enthroned in Zion!
Tell
among the peoples his deeds!
12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
he does
not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Be
gracious to me, O Lord!
See my
affliction from those who hate me,
O you
who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may recount all your praises,
that in
the gates of the daughter of Zion
I
may rejoice in your salvation.
15 The
nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
in the
net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has
made himself known; he has executed judgment;
the
wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
17 The
wicked shall return to Sheol,
all the
nations that forget God.
18 For the
needy shall not always be forgotten,
and the
hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Arise,
O Lord! Let not man
prevail;
let the
nations be judged before you!
20 Put them in fear, O Lord!
Let the
nations know that they are but men! Selah
What a beautiful expression of thanksgiving. Here we see the
psalmist call to action and to show glory to God. God is trusted to be just and
our refuge. Regardless of our circumstances God never forsakes us.
How have your shared God’s majesty, justness and glory
recently?
What does your “life song” reveal about you regardless of
your circumstances?
Regardless of circumstances, where does your commitment
lie?
Robin Adams
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