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 leader of the music; to be sung in the manner or with the voice of maidens. To the Benites, or to Ben. A psalm of David.” I will praise thee, O LORD! with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous 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 thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!
3 For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
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 fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
7 But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.
9 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
Yea, the LORD is 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.
They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
11 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
12 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
13 Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
“Have pity upon me, [[said I, ]] O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; 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.
That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”
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 sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
16 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (Pause)
Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. (Pause)
The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger 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 poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.
19 Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!
20 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
