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 OVERSEER. [SET] ON “DEATH OF THE SON.” A PSALM OF DAVID. I confess, O YHWH, with all my heart, I recount all Your wonders,
2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
I rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
You have rebuked nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
The enemy—[your] destructions have been completed forever, As for cities you have plucked up, Their memorial has perished with them.
7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
They trust in You who know Your Name, For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
For He who is seeking for blood Has remembered them, He has 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,
Favor me, O YHWH, See my affliction by those hating me, You who lift 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.
So that I recount all Your praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Your salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Nations have sunk in a pit they made, Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
The wicked turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
For the needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.
Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
