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 Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous 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 exult 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.
When mine enemies turn back, they stumble 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 hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging righteously.
5 Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted out their name for ever 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 enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; and the cities which thou hast overthrown, their very memorial is perished.
7 But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
But the LORD sitteth [as king] 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.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9 And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower 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.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken 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, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest 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 shew forth all thy praise: in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation.
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 down in the pit that 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.
The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higaion, Selah)
The wicked shall return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget 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 shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor 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 in thy sight.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
Put them in fear, O LORD: let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
