Psalms 9
1 I will give thanks to Jehovah with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy marvelous works.
Unto the end. For the secrets of the Son. A Psalm of David. I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.
2 I will be glad and exult in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.
For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
4 For thou have maintained my right and my cause. Thou sit in the throne judging righteously.
For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
5 Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever.
You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
6 The enemy have come to an end. They are desolate forever, and the cities which thou have overthrown. The very memory of them is perished,
The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise.
7 but Jehovah will endure forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment,
But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
8 and he will judge the world in righteousness. He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.
And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
9 Jehovah will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.
And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
10 And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek thee.
And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion. Declare among the people his doings.
Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
12 For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.
Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah. Behold my affliction from those who hate me, thou who lifts me up from the gates of death
Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
14 that I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.
16 Jehovah has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (Pause)
The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
19 Arise, O Jehovah, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
20 Put them in fear, O Jehovah. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
