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 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 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 praise to thy name, O thou Most High!

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

All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.

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

For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.

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 rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!

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

The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!

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

The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.

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

He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.

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

Yea, the LORD is 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.

They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!

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 reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!

12 When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.

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

The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.

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)

Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. (Pause)

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 driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger 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 shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted 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 prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!

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

Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)