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.
I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and celebrate in you; I will sing praises to your wonderful nature, Most High God.
I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O you most High.
3 Those who hate me retreat; they fall back and die when you confront them.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.
4 For you have judged that I am right; you have decided fairly from your throne of judgment.
For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
5 You have condemned the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever and ever.
You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name for ever and ever.
6 The enemies are finished, ruined forever; their cities are destroyed—even the memory of them is gone.
O you enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and you have destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 But the Lord rules forever, his throne is set up for judgment.
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 The Lord judges the world rightly; he judges the nations fairly.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 The Lord is a place of safety for those who are oppressed, a fortress in times of trouble.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your nature trust in you, for you don't abandon those who come to you.
And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 He does not forget to punish murderers; he does not ignore the cries of the suffering.
When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
13 Be gracious to me, Lord! Look at how my enemies are persecuting me! Grab me back from the gates of death,
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death:
14 so I can praise you at Zion's gates, happy that you have saved me.
That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into their own pit they dug; their feet are trapped by their own net they set.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The Lord is known for his fairness; the wicked are trapped by their own actions. (Higgaion, Selah)
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the 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 needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Stand up, Lord! Don't let human beings win! Let the nations be brought before you for judgment!
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight.
20 Lord, terrify them! Let them know they are only human! (Selah)
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
