Psalms 9
1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
“For the leader of the music; to be sung in the manner or with the voice of maidens. To the Benites, or to Ben. A psalm of David.” I will praise thee, O LORD! with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
7 But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.
9 The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
13 Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
“Have pity upon me, [[said I, ]] O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; 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.
That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Meditation, Selah)
Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. (Pause)
The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, LORD! Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!
20 Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. (Selah)
Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
