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.
[For the choir director; according to Muth-labben. A Psalm by David.] I will give thanks to Jehovah with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2 I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
For you have upheld my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
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 the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
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 is overtaken by endless ruin; and the very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
But Jehovah reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
And he will judge the world in righteousness. He will judge the peoples with equity.
9 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
Jehovah will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
And those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
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 takes revenge against murderers remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
Have mercy on me, Jehovah. See my affliction by those who hate me. You 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 may tell all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in 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.
The nations have fallen into the pit they had made. In the net which they hid, their feet are caught.
16 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (Pause)
Jehovah has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget 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 shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
Arise, Jehovah. Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
Terrify them, Jehovah. Let the nations know that they are only human. (Selah)
