Concordia Psalter

Reading                                             Psalm 9

I will give thanks to the Lord with my | whole heart;*

   I will recount all of your won- | derful deeds.

I will be glad and ex- | ult in you;*

   I will sing praise to your name, | O Most High.

When my enemies | turn back,*

   they stumble and perish before your | `presence.

For you have maintained my | just cause;*

   you have sat on the throne, giving righteous | judgment.

You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked | perish;*

   you have blotted out their name forever and | ever.

The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you | rooted out;*

   the very memory of them has | perished.

But the Lord sits enthroned for- | ever;*

   he has established his throne for | justice,

and he judges the world with | righteousness;*

   he judges the peoples with up- | rightness.

The Lord is a stronghold for | the oppressed,*

   a stronghold in times of | trouble.

And those who know your name put their | trust in you,*

   for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who | seek you. 

PRAYER

With all our hearts we give thanks to You, O Lord, because at all times You dwell with Your Christians and graciously preserve those in the true faith who confess Your name. Dwell in us, O Lord, with Your grace. Increase Your Church daily, and grant us to be and to remain, true members of the same to our final end. Amen.