< Psalms 9 >
1 To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David. I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.
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.
2 I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
4 For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
5 You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
6 You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
7 But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
9 The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.
Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
12 When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
14 So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion, Selah)
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
17 The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld. (Sheol )
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God. (Sheol )
18 For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.
Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
20 Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah)
Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.