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 Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' — A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,
2 I will be glad and exult in you: I will sing to your name, O you Most High.
I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at your presence.
In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
4 For you have maintained my cause and my right; you sat on the throne, that judge righteousness.
For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.
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 nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.
6 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and you have destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.
7 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgement.
And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.
And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.
9 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
10 And let them that know your name hope in you: for you, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek you.
They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings amongst the nations.
Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,
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 Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
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:
Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest 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.
So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.
15 The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.
Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
16 The Lord is known as executing judgements: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause)
Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
The wicked do 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 not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before you.
Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause)
Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
