91 I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart.
I will tell of all your marvelous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 3 When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish in your presence. 4 For you have maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously. 5 You have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever and ever. 6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. 7 But Yahweh reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment. 8 He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness. 9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble. 10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 9:1-10
Commentary on Psalm 9:1-10
(Read Psalm 9:1-10)
If we would praise God acceptably, we must praise him in sincerity, with our whole heart. When we give thanks for some one particular mercy, we should remember former mercies. Our joy must not be in the gift, so much as in the Giver. The triumphs of the Redeemer ought to be the triumphs of the redeemed. The almighty power of God is that which the strongest and stoutest of his enemies are no way able to stand before. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, and that with him there is no unrighteousness. His people may, by faith, flee to him as their Refuge, and may depend on his power and promise for their safety, so that no real hurt shall be done to them. Those who know him to be a God of truth and faithfulness, will rejoice in his word of promise, and rest upon that. Those who know him to be an everlasting Father, will trust him with their souls as their main care, and trust in him at all times, even to the end; and by constant care seek to approve themselves to him in the whole course of their lives. Who is there that would not seek him, who never hath forsaken those that seek Him?