The Gates of the Righteous | A Prophetic Song from Psalm 9

🔊This song is a blues-driven prophetic cry straight from Psalm 9, where the psalmist David declares God's justice, remembers the cries of the afflicted, and calls on Yahweh to shake the nations. “The Gates of the Righteous” is more than just a song—it’s a call to remember who sits on the throne forever.

Through mournful slide guitar, deep spoken word prophecy, and lyrics rooted in scripture, this track proclaims that God still defends the oppressed, executes justice, and lifts the faithful from the gates of death to the gates of Zion.

This is the sound of judgment and mercy colliding.
This is the sound of nations trembling.

📖 Psalm 9 (WEB)
For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David.

1 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. You have uprooted their cities. The very memory of them 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.
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20 Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

🎶 Lyrics – “The Gates of the Righteous”

[Intro: slow bass and drums groove]
[Slide guitar gently weeps in the background]

I will praise You, Yahweh—with all that I am
Testify to wonders carved by Your hand

Enemies scattered, turned back in shame
They stumbled, they perished—You judged in Your Name
You sit on the throne, righteous and true
You silence the wicked and carry the few

You rebuke the nations, erase their pride
Their names are forgotten, their cities have died
But You, O Yahweh, forever You reign
Justice like lightning rolls down again

[Chorus]
You’re a tower for the broken, a shield in the storm
A refuge for the humble, a place to be born
Those who know Your name will trust and not fear
You don’t forsake the ones who draw near

So I sing to the One who dwells in Zion’s flame
I cry out His justice, I shout out His name
The blood of the innocent You do not ignore
You remember the cries that rise from the floor

Lift me from gates where the dying descend
So I can proclaim You again and again
In the gates of Zion, I’ll dance and rejoice
For You rescued my soul with a thunderous voice

[Bridge – Prophetic Declaration]
The nations—oh they dug their own graves
They fell in the traps their own hands made
You are known, O LORD, by the justice You bring
The wicked are caught in their own wicked schemes

[Selah… pause with slide guitar fading softly]

The wicked return to the depths below
Every nation that forgets will reap what they sow
But the needy? No, they are not forgotten
Their hope will rise from ground once rotten

[Outro – Spoken over fading slide guitar]
Arise, Yahweh… let the nations shake
Remind them—they are just men made of clay
Let the fear of God fall like rain
Until the world knows Your holy name

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