Psalm 9

****THOUGHT FOR THE DAY****

Peter Buehler, who helped lead John and Charles Wesley to experience conversions, once said, "If I had a thousand tongues, I'd praise Christ with them all." Charles Wesley expanded this stray comment into lines that became the well-known hymn "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing."

-- "The Golden Age of Hymns," Christian History, no. 31.

PSALM 9

PRAISE (1‑6). God had won a victory for David, so he sang a song of praise to the Lord. It was not a personal battle. Because David was doing God's will, the Lord maintained his cause. TAKE TIME TO PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE VICTORIES HE GRACIOUSLY GIVES YOU.

PROMISE (7‑12). David looked ahead to the time when God would finally judge sin and establish His righteous kingdom. His people do not need to worry: HE IS THEIR REFUGE AND WILL NEVER FORSAKE THEM (HEB. 13:5). THE FATHER FORSOOK HIS SON ON THE CROSS, BUT HE WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU.

PRAYER (13‑20). From considering the past and the future, David turned to his present need as he prayed for God's help. His need was for mercy; his motive was that he might praise the Lord and tell others of His salvation. WHY? BECAUSE THERE IS A PLACE CALLED HELL (V.17) AND GOD'S SALVATION IS THE ONLY ESCAPE FROM THAT TERRIBLE PLACE.

PAUL ADVISED, "KNOWING, THEREFORE, THE TERROR OF THE LORD, WE PERSUADE MEN" (2 COR. 5:11).

With the Word - Warren W. Wiersbe

Thomas Nelson Publishers

Nashville

"Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc."

(Psa 9 NIV)

I WILL PRAISE YOU, O LORD, WITH ALL MY HEART; 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.

{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.