Psalms 9
1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
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 rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased 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 has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
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 the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
13 Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
14 that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your 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 have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
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 the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.
O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
