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.
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.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.
I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.
For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
6 O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.
The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise.
7 But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.
But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
8 And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
9 And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.
And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
10 And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
11 Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.
Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten 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, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
14 That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.
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.
15 The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
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.
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 will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (Pause)
The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God. (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 forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
19 Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
20 Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
