Psalms 9
1 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.
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 rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
I rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.
3 For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
4 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
5 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
You have rebuked nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.
6 The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud 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 remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
9 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
10 And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
They trust in You who know Your Name, For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
11 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
12 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry 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 on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
Favor me, O YHWH, See my affliction by those hating me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 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.
So that I recount all Your praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Your salvation.
15 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.
Nations have sunk in a pit they made, Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
16 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (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 will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
For the needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
19 Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
20 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
