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 choir director; according to Muth-labben. A Psalm by David.] I will give thanks to YHWH with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

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 turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

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 the 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 blotted out 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 is overtaken by endless ruin; and the very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

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

But YHWH reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

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

And he will judge the world in righteousness. He will judge the peoples with equity.

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

YHWH will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge 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.

And those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, YHWH, 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 YHWH, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

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 takes revenge against murderers remembers them. He doesn't forget 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;

Have mercy on me, YHWH. See my affliction by those who hate me. You 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 may tell all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will 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 the pit they had made. In the net which they hid, their feet are caught.

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 made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)

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 back to Sheol, even 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 needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

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

Arise, YHWH. 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)

Terrify them, YHWH. Let the nations know that they are only human. (Selah)