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.

Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David. I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy 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 thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.

3 When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.

4 For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.

For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.

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.

Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

6 You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise.

7 But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:

8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.

9 The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.

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.

And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.

11 Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

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 requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.

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;

Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.

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.

Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they have prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.

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 shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

17 The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld. (Sheol h7585)

The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)

18 For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah)

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.