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 chief musician; set to Muth Labben style. A psalm of David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart; I will tell about all your marvelous deeds.

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, 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 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 defended my just cause; you sit on your 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.

You 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 crumbled like ruins when you overthrew their cities. All remembrance of them has perished.

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

But Yahweh remains forever; he has established his throne for justice.

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

He will judge the world with righteousness, and he will execute judgment for the nations with fairness.

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

Yahweh also will be a stronghold 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, Yahweh, do not abandon 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 Yahweh, who rules in Zion; tell the nations 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 the God who avenges bloodshed remembers; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.

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, Yahweh; see how I am oppressed by those who hate me, you who can snatch me 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.

Oh, that I might proclaim 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 sunk down into the pit that they made; their feet are caught in the 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)

Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked is ensnared by his own actions. (Selah)

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

The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol, 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 will not always be forgotten, nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed.

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

Arise, Yahweh; do not let man win against you; may the nations be judged in your sight.

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

Terrify them, Yahweh; may the nations know that they are mere men. (Selah)