Psalms 9
1 To the chief Musician. Upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works.
To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David. I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.
I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.
For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.
6 O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.
You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
7 But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.
But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.
8 And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.
9 And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.
The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
10 And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.
11 Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.
Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.
12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
13 Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:
Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;
14 That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.
So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
15 The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
16 Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion, Selah)
The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
19 Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.
20 Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah)
