1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Psalms 9:1 | Unto the end, for the hidden things of the son. A psalm for David. | |
| Psalms 9:2 | I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders. | |
| Psalms 9:3 | I will be glad, and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high. | |
| Psalms 9:4 | When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and perish before thy face. | |
| Psalms 9:5 | For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice. Habacuc 2:20. | |
| Psalms 9:6 | Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. | |
| Psalms 9:7 | The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise: | |
| Psalms 9:8 | But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment: | |
| Psalms 9:9 | And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice. | |
| Psalms 9:10 | And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation. | |
| Psalms 9:11 | And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord. | |
| Psalms 9:12 | Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles: | |
| Psalms 9:13 | For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor. | |
| Psalms 9:14 | Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies. | |
| Psalms 9:15 | Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion. | |
| Psalms 9:16 | I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid. | |
| Psalms 9:17 | The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands. | |
| Psalms 9:18 | The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God. | |
| Psalms 9:19 | For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever. | |
| Psalms 9:20 | Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight. | |
| Psalms 9:21 | Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men. | |
| Psalms 9:22 | Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble? | |
| Psalms 9:23 | Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise. | |
| Psalms 9:24 | For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed. | |
| Psalms 9:25 | The sinner hath provoked the Lord, according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him: | |
| Psalms 9:26 | God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies. | |
| Psalms 9:27 | For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil. | |
| Psalms 9:28 | *His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow. | |
| Psalms 9:29 | He sitteth in ambush with the rich, in private places, that he may kill the innocent. | |
| Psalms 9:30 | His eyes are upon the poor man: he lieth in wait, in secret, like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him. | |
| Psalms 9:31 | In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor. | |
| Psalms 9:32 | For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, not to see to the end. | |
| Psalms 9:33 | Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor. | |
| Psalms 9:34 | Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it. | |
| Psalms 9:35 | Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. | |
| Psalms 9:36 | Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found. | |
| Psalms 9:37 | The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land. | |
| Psalms 9:38 | The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart. | |
| Psalms 9:39 | To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth. |