Psalms 9
1 I will give thanks to Jehovah with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy marvelous works.
“To the chief musician upon Muthlabben, a psalm of David.” I will thank the Lord with all my heart: I will relate all thy marvelous deeds.
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 thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High:
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.
When my enemies are turned backward, [when] they fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou have maintained my right and my cause. Thou sit in the throne judging righteously.
For thou hast conducted my dispute and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne as a righteous judge.
5 Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked nations, thou hast caused the wicked to perish, their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever.
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,
O thou enemy, the ruins are passed away for ever, and the cities which thou hast destroyed, —lost is their memorial, yea, theirs.
7 but Jehovah will endure forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment,
But the Lord will sit enthroned for ever: he hath established for giving judgment his throne.
8 and he will judge the world in righteousness. He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.
And he will judge the world with righteousness, he shall decide for the people, with equity.
9 Jehovah will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.
The Lord also will be a strong-hold for the oppressed, a strong-hold in times of distress.
10 And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek thee.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken those that seek thee, O Lord.
11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion. Declare among the people his doings.
Sing praises to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion: announce among the people his deeds.
12 For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.
For he, that inquireth after acts of blood, hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
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
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; have regard to my affliction [coming] from those that hate me, thou who liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 that I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
In order that I may relate all thy praises in the gates of the daughters of Zion: I will be glad in thy salvation.
15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Sunk are nations in the ditch that they have prepared: in this net which they had laid in secret is their own foot caught.
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 is made known: he executed justice: through the doing of his own hands is the wicked ensnared. Higgayon, (Selah)
The wicked shall return into hell, all the nations that are forgetful of God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Jehovah, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Arise, O Lord; let not the mortal boast of his strength; let nations be judged before thy face.
20 Put them in fear, O Jehovah. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
Place, O Lord, fear over them: let nations know, that they are but mortals. (Selah)
