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.
“For the leader of the music; to be sung in the manner or with the voice of maidens. To the Benites, or to Ben. A psalm of David.” I will praise thee, O LORD! with my whole heart; I will show forth 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 praise to thy name, O thou Most High!
3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
13 Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
“Have pity upon me, [[said I, ]] O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; 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.
That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”
15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which 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.
Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. (Pause)
The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted 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 man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!
20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.
Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
