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 “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your 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 you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on 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.
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name 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 enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgement.
8 And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgement 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 will also 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.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare amongst the people what he has done.
12 For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and 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 all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter 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 have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is 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 has made himself known. He has executed judgement. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Meditation, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned back 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 always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. (Selah)
