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 OVERSEER. [SET] ON “DEATH OF THE SON.” A PSALM OF DAVID. I confess, O YHWH, with all my heart, I recount all Your wonders,
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.
I rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.
For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
You have rebuked nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.
6 O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.
The enemy—[your] destructions have been completed forever, As for cities you have plucked up, Their memorial has perished with them.
7 But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.
And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
8 And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
9 And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.
And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
10 And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
They trust in You who know Your Name, For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
11 Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.
Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
For He who is seeking for blood Has remembered them, He has 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:
Favor me, O YHWH, See my affliction by those hating me, You who lift 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.
So that I recount all Your praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on 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.
Nations have sunk in a pit they made, Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
16 Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
The wicked turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting 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 needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
19 Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
20 Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
