PSALM IX

16 HERMAS. II, II, II, II

10836 Seconds

Alt. from F. R. Havergal

1. I now will give thanks with whole heart to the Lord; Thy

I I now will give thanks with whole heart to the Lord;
Thy marvelous deeds I will show and record;

In thee will be glad, and exultingly cry,

And praise to thy name will I sing, O Most High.

2 When backward my foes are all turned in despair,
They stumble and perish, thy presence is there.
For thou hast defended my right and my cause;
Thou sittest in judgment upholding thy laws.

3 Rebuked are the nations, the wicked destroyed,
Their names thou hast blotted, their places made void;
Consumed them forever, their cities o'erthrown,
Their very remembrance is perished and gone.

4 The Lord sitteth ever as king in the sky;

For judgment his throne he hath ordered on high.
In right he shall judge all the world from his seat,
And unto the people shall equity mete.

5 Jehovah will be as a lofty strong tower

For all the oppressed in their trouble's dark hour.

Who know thee will trust thee, O Lord, for thy grace;
Thou hast not forsaken those seeking thy face.

6 O sing to the Lord who in Zion doth dwell;
Declare to the nations his deeds that excel.
When blood he avengeth his memory's clear,
The cry of the poor never fades from his ear.

7 Lord, see what I suffer from malice and hate.
Have mercy, who liftest me up from death's gate,
That I in the gates of thy Zion may voice
Thy praises, and in thy salvation rejoice.
8 The nations are sunk in the pit they prepared;
Their foot in the net which they hid is ensnared.
Jehovah in judgment hath made himself known;
For by their own works are the wicked o'erthrown.
9 The wicked to death's dark abode shall be brought,
And all of the nations that God have forgot.
Forgotten no longer the cause of the weak,
Nor perished forever the hope of the meek.

10 Arise, O Jehovah, lest man should prevail;
Let nations be judged in thy presence and quail.
Yea, put them in fear, O Jehovah, that then
The nations may know they are nothing but men.

He thus hath said within his heart,
The Lord hath quite forgot;
He hides his countenance and he
Forever sees it not.

14 Thou hast it seen; for thou their spite 17 The longing of the lowly ones,

And mischief wilt repay.

The poor commits himself to thee;
Thou art the orphan's stay.

Jehovah, thou didst hear;

Thou wilt prepare their hearts to speak,

And wilt incline thine ear;

18 To judge the fatherless, and those

Beneath oppression sore,

That man who is but sprung of earth,
May terrify no more.