---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 9
verse_count: 20
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 9, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 9

*David praiseth God for executing of judgment. To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.*

**1** I WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
**2** I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
**3** When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
**4** For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
**5** Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
**6** O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end; and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
**7** But the Lord shall endure for ever; he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
**8** And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
**9** The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
**10** And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
**11** Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion; declare among the people his doings.
**12** When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
**13** Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
**14** That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; I will rejoice in thy salvation.
**15** The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
**16** The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
**17** The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
**18** For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
**19** Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail; let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
**20** Put them in fear, O Lord; that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.