Psalms 9
1 For the music director. According to Muth-labben. A psalm of David. I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the amazing things you have done.
To him that excelleth vpon Muth Laben. A Psalme of Dauid. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart: I will speake of all thy marueilous workes.
2 I will be glad and celebrate in you; I will sing praises to your wonderful nature, Most High God.
I will bee glad, and reioyce in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name, O most High,
3 Those who hate me retreat; they fall back and die when you confront them.
For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have judged that I am right; you have decided fairly from your throne of judgment.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right.
5 You have condemned the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.
6 The enemies are finished, ruined forever; their cities are destroyed—even the memory of them is gone.
O enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed the cities: their memoriall is perished with them.
7 But the Lord rules forever, his throne is set up for judgment.
But the Lord shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement.
8 The Lord judges the world rightly; he judges the nations fairly.
For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnes, and shall iudge the people with equitie.
9 The Lord is a place of safety for those who are oppressed, a fortress in times of trouble.
The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.
10 Those who know your nature trust in you, for you don't abandon those who come to you.
And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not failed them that seeke thee.
11 Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes.
12 He does not forget to punish murderers; he does not ignore the cries of the suffering.
For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
13 Be gracious to me, Lord! Look at how my enemies are persecuting me! Grab me back from the gates of death,
Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate mee, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death,
14 so I can praise you at Zion's gates, happy that you have saved me.
That I may shewe all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation.
15 The nations have fallen into their own pit they dug; their feet are trapped by their own net they set.
The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
16 The Lord is known for his fairness; the wicked are trapped by their own actions. (Higgaion, Selah)
The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 But the needy will not be ignored forever, the hope of those who suffer will not always be dashed.
For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.
19 Stand up, Lord! Don't let human beings win! Let the nations be brought before you for judgment!
Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight.
20 Lord, terrify them! Let them know they are only human! (Selah)
Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. (Selah)
