Psalms 9
1 For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son. I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all your wonderful works.
Unto the end. For the secrets of the Son. A Psalm of David. I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.
2 I will be glad and exult in you: I will sing to your name, O you Most High.
I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at your presence.
For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
4 For you have maintained my cause and my right; you sat on the throne, that judge righteousness.
For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
5 You have rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; you have blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.
You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
6 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and you have destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise.
7 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgement.
But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.
And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
9 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
10 And let them that know your name hope in you: for you, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek you.
And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings amongst the nations.
Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
12 For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, you that lift me up from the gates of death:
Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
14 that I may declare all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in your salvation.
You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.
I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.
16 The Lord is known as executing judgements: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause)
The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (Pause)
The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten 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 poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before you.
Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause)
O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
