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.

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 have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

I rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.

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

In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.

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

For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.

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 nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.

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

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 is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.

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

And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.

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

And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

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.

They trust in You who know Your Name, For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.

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

Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,

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 He who is seeking for blood Has remembered them, He has not forgotten 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;

Favor me, O YHWH, See my affliction by those hating me, You who 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.

So that I recount all Your praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Your salvation.

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

Nations have sunk in a pit they made, Their foot has been captured in a net that 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)

YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, Selah)

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

The wicked turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting 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 needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.

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

Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.

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

Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)