Psalms 9
1 Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David. I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.
“For the leader of the music; to be sung in the manner or with the voice of maidens. To the Benites, or to Ben. A psalm of David.” I will praise thee, O LORD! with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!
3 When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
5 Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
6 The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise.
The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
7 But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.
9 And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.
10 And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
11 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
12 For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
13 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
“Have pity upon me, [[said I, ]] O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; Lift me up from the gates of death:
14 Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”
15 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they have prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
16 The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. (Pause)
The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
