Psalms 9
1 For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son. I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful 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 exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.
I rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.
In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
4 For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.
For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even 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 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
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 endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.
And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
9 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
10 And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.
They trust in You who know Your Name, For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations.
Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
12 For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication 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 upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Favor me, O YHWH, See my affliction by those hating me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in thy salvation.
So that I recount all Your praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Your salvation.
15 The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid 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 is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause)
YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
The wicked turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.
For the needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.
Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause)
Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
