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 chief musician; set to Muth Labben style. A psalm of David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart; I will tell about all your marvelous deeds.
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, 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 before you.
4 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
For you have defended my just cause; you sit on your 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.
You 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 crumbled like ruins when you overthrew their cities. All remembrance of them has perished.
7 But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
But Yahweh remains forever; he has established his throne for justice.
8 And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
He will judge the world with righteousness, and he will execute judgment for the nations with fairness.
9 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Yahweh, do not abandon those who seek you.
11 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
Sing praises to Yahweh, who rules in Zion; tell the nations 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 the God who avenges bloodshed remembers; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
13 Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
Have mercy on me, Yahweh; see how I am oppressed by those who hate me, you who can snatch me 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.
Oh, that I might proclaim 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 sunk down into the pit that they made; their feet are caught in the 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)
Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked is ensnared by his own actions. (Selah)
The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol, 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 will not always be forgotten, nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed.
19 Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
Arise, Yahweh; do not let man win against you; may the nations be judged in your sight.
20 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
Terrify them, Yahweh; may the nations know that they are mere men. (Selah)
