Psalms 9
1 For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David. I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.
2 I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.
6 The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.
You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
7 But Jehovah sitteth [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.
9 Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.
11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.
12 For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors 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.
So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion, Selah)
The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
19 Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.
20 Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah)
