I will tell of all your wonders.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 My enemies turn back;
they stumble and perish before you.
4 For you have upheld my right and my cause;
you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy,
you have uprooted their cities;
even the memory of them has perished.
7 The LORD reigns forever;
he has established his throne for judgment.
8 He will judge the world in righteousness;
he will govern the peoples with justice.
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name will trust in you,
for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion;
proclaim among the nations what he has done.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers;
he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
13 O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me!
Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may declare your praises
in the gates of the Daughter of Zion
and there rejoice in your salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16 The LORD is known by his justice;
the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
Higgaion. Selah
17 The wicked return to the grave,
all the nations that forget God.
18 But the needy will not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
19 Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph;
let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Strike them with terror, O LORD;
let the nations know they are but men.
Selah.
Psalms 9 and 10 form a single acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
This psalm contradicts believers in a Clockmaker God who wound up the universe and now sits back to watch it spin. Either they are right, or David was right. God not only creates and sustains; He acts. We may not understand His timing or His allowing evil to flourish for a time, but He “is known by His justice.” He does not ignore the cry of suffering humanity. He avenges blood. He remembers. He is a refuge and stronghold. He will rebuke the nations, destroy the wicked, judge the world, and govern the peoples. He is our Hope and our Salvation.
What I learned: God acts, and He is in control.
I am very glad God is in control. The evil is only temporary and God will judge. Time on this Earth is short in light of all eternity which is God’s timetable. I enjoy these posts you do. It gives me a break and gets my mind on God as I blog hop.
Sherry: Great thoughts. My own meditation on Psalms 9 and 10 was too personal to blog about. Can I link to your site from my blog?
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