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.
To the chief Musician. Upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and exult in you: I will sing to your name, O you Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at your presence.
When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
4 For you have maintained my cause and my right; you sat on the throne, that judge righteousness.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.
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.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and you have destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.
7 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgement.
But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.
And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
9 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.
10 And let them that know your name hope in you: for you, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek you.
And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings amongst the nations.
Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.
12 For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
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:
Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:
14 that I may declare all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in your salvation.
That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.
The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The Lord is known as executing judgements: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause)
Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget 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 one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before you.
Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause)
Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
