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Psalm 9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
9The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
10Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
13Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
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The paired commands to sing and declare give praise a public voice: what YHWH has done becomes something to tell among other people.
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Psalm 107:22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.Both passages join singing with declaring God's deeds, making what he has done the substance of praise.
Psalm 96:1–2Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.Both command singing to the LORD, with Psalm 9 naming the people and Psalm 96 addressing all the earth.
Psalm 148:1–5Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!Both command praise to the LORD, though one names his dwelling in Zion and the other summons praise from the heavens.
Psalm 66:2Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!Both command sung praise to God; Psalm 9 names his deeds, while Psalm 66 names the glory of his name.
Isaiah 12:4–6In that day you will say, “Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Declare his doings among the peoples! Proclaim that his name is exalted!Both command people to declare the LORD's deeds among the peoples, joining praise with telling what he has done.
Revelation 14:1I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written …Zion is named in both: the LORD dwells there in the psalm, and the Lamb stands there in Revelation.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”Both connect vocal praise with God's presence in Zion: the LORD dwells there, and the Holy One is great among its inhabitants.
John 17:26I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”Both concern making God known to people: the psalm names his deeds, while Jesus speaks of making his Father's name known.
Isaiah 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.Both name Zion in relation to the LORD: he dwells there in the psalm and has founded it in Isaiah.
Isaiah 8:18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.Both describe the LORD as dwelling in Zion, anchoring their words about him in the same named place.
Ezra 7:15and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,Both identify a dwelling place for God: the psalm names Zion, and Ezra names Jerusalem while describing gifts offered to him.
Deuteronomy 12:14but in the place which the LORD chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.Both link worship of the LORD with a place: Zion in the psalm, an unnamed chosen place in Deuteronomy.
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Encouragement
Praise has room here even while the cries of the afflicted continue. YHWH who dwells in Zion is the same YHWH who does not forget them.
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