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.
To the chief Musician. Upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount 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 forth thy name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.
7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.
8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.
10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.
12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
13 Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:
14 that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.
20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.
Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
