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 musician upon Muthlabben, a psalm of David.” I will thank the Lord with all my heart: I will relate all thy marvelous deeds.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.
I will rejoice and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High:
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
When my enemies are turned backward, [when] they fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.
For thou hast conducted my dispute and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne as a righteous judge.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked nations, thou hast caused the wicked to perish, their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever.
6 O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.
O thou enemy, the ruins are passed away for ever, and the cities which thou hast destroyed, —lost is their memorial, yea, theirs.
7 But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.
But the Lord will sit enthroned for ever: he hath established for giving judgment his throne.
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 world with righteousness, he shall decide for the people, with equity.
9 And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.
The Lord also will be a strong-hold for the oppressed, a strong-hold in times of distress.
10 And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken those that seek thee, O Lord.
11 Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.
Sing praises to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion: announce among the people his deeds.
12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
For he, that inquireth after acts of blood, hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
13 Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; have regard to my affliction [coming] from those that hate me, thou who liftest me up from the gates 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.
In order that I may relate all thy praises in the gates of the daughters of Zion: I will be glad in thy salvation.
15 The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
Sunk are nations in the ditch that they have prepared: in this net which they had laid in secret is their own foot caught.
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 is made known: he executed justice: through the doing of his own hands is the wicked ensnared. Higgayon, (Selah)
The wicked shall return into hell, all the nations that are forgetful of God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Arise, O Lord; let not the mortal boast of his strength; let nations be judged before thy face.
20 Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
Place, O Lord, fear over them: let nations know, that they are but mortals. (Selah)
