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Psalm 9

Holy Guardian,
with all my heart,
I make my confession to you,
I speak of the wonder you inspire.

I rejoice in you, I am jubilant as I praise your Name, O Most High.

Turning from my waywardness I return to you;
the false road of stumbling disappears …

From the throne of Judgment, you have drawn near

and have accomplished my redemption.

You have rebuked my wilfulness, you transform

my wickedness, blotting out my failures-in-love forever.

Endless ruin would have overtaken me
but you have uprooted the dwelling-place of my sins;

now no one will remember them.

The Holy Guardian reigns forever,

Our Guardian establishes justice.

This Sovereign judges the world
with an intimate knowledge of good.

This Holy Sovereign judges the peoples with equity.

The Holy One is a beacon for the wounded,

a sanctuary in times of trouble.

Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Holy One, have never forsaken those who seek you.