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 thank the Lord with all my heart: I will relate all thy marvelous deeds.
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 thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High:
3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
When my enemies are turned backward, [when] they fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
For thou hast conducted my dispute and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne as a righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased 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 has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
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 the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
But the Lord will sit enthroned for ever: he hath established for giving judgment his throne.
8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
And he will judge the world with righteousness, he shall decide for the people, with equity.
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
The Lord also will be a strong-hold for the oppressed, a strong-hold 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 put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken those that seek thee, O Lord.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
Sing praises to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion: announce among the people his deeds.
12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
For he, that inquireth after acts of blood, hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
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 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 declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your 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 have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
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 the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
Arise, O Lord; let not the mortal boast of his strength; let nations be judged before thy face.
20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.
Place, O Lord, fear over them: let nations know, that they are but mortals. (Selah)
