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;’almuth labben. A psalm of David. With all my heart I will praise the Lord, all your wonders I will rehearse.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
I will rejoice and exult in you, singing praise to your name, Most High;
3 When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
because backward my foes were turned, they stumbled and perished before you.
4 For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
My right and my claim you have upheld, you did sit on the throne as a fair judge,
5 Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
rebuking the nations, destroying the wicked, and blotting their name out forever and ever.
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 foe is vanished, ruined forever, their cities destroyed, their memory perished.
7 But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
See! The Lord is seated forever on the throne he established for judgment,
8 And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
ruling the world with justice, and judging the nations with equity.
9 And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
So the Lord proves a haven to the oppressed, a haven 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.
Well may they trust you who know your name, for those who seek you, you never abandon.
11 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
Sing praise to the Lord, whose home is in Zion, declare his deeds among the nations.
12 For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
As avenger of blood, he keeps them in mind, he does not forget the cry of the wretched.
13 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
Show me favour, Lord, see how my foes afflict 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.
so I may, in your help exulting, tell forth your praise at the gates of Zion.
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 are sunk in the pit which they made, in the net that they hid, their own foot is entangled.
16 The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
The Lord is revealed in the judgment he wrought, the wicked are snared in their own handiwork. (Selah)
Let the wicked depart to Sheol, all the nations that live forgetful of 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 needy will not be always forgotten, nor the hope of the helpless be lost forever.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
Arise, Lord; don’t let them triumph: before your face let the nations be judged.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
Strike them with fear, Lord: show the nations how frail they are. (Selah)
