Psalms 9:11

Psalms 9:11 says, Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.  David called on people to sing praises to the LORD.  We need to do the same thing today as Christians, no matter what is going on in the world or our life.  Verse twelve adds, When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.  David said that God avenged those who were unjustly killed and never forgot the humble.  God expects His people to live with humility and He will never forget those who are unjustly harmed.  God is our defender if we are followers of Christ.  Verse thirteen declares, 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:  David asked God to remember him in his time of trouble and to have mercy on him.  We should always look to God in our times of trouble and ask that He reach out to us in mercy.  Verse fourteen adds, That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.  David said that because of God's mercy on him that he would show his praise to God.  We should never forget to show our praise to God for His merciful gift of salvation.  Verse fifteen says, The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.  David said the heathen were caught in their own traps.  People who chose to not believe in God or accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord will one day realize that they were caught in their own trap.  Verse sixteen adds, The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.  David said that God is known by His judgment but the wicked are snared by their own works.  Whatever a person does without putting their faith in Christ and being directed by the Holy Spirit, the work of the persons own hands, is a snare to everlasting life.  The works may not even be wicked in the eyes of the world, but if they are not done under God's authority, they are still a trap.  Verse seventeen declares, The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.  That is a very plain statement, and is still true today.  The wicked, and nations that forget God, will be turned into hell.  Verse eighteen adds, For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.  Once more, David reminds us that the poor and needy will not be forgotten.  Of course, this would apply to the poor and needy who put their faith in God.  Just being poor and needy does not save anyone, but those who put their faith in Christ and are poor and needy will never be forgotten by God.  Verse nineteen states, Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.  David called on God to arise in judgment.  We don't really have to call on Him to do so, because He already does whether we recognize it or not.  Verse twenty adds, Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.  David asked God to put fear in his enemies, so that people would know that they were but men.