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 the Chief Musician. On "Muthlabben." A Melody of David. I will praise Yahweh with all my heart, I will recount all thy wonderful doings:
2 I will be glad and celebrate in you; I will sing praises to your wonderful nature, Most High God.
I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High.
3 Those who hate me retreat; they fall back and die when you confront them.
When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
4 For you have judged that I am right; you have decided fairly from your throne of judgment.
For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
5 You have condemned the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age-abiding and beyond.
6 The enemies are finished, ruined forever; their cities are destroyed—even the memory of them is gone.
O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, —even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.
7 But the Lord rules forever, his throne is set up for judgment.
But, Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne;
8 The Lord judges the world rightly; he judges the nations fairly.
And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness.
9 The Lord is a place of safety for those who are oppressed, a fortress in times of trouble.
Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
10 Those who know your nature trust in you, for you don't abandon those who come to you.
Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.
11 Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings.
12 He does not forget to punish murderers; he does not ignore the cries of the suffering.
When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
13 Be gracious to me, Lord! Look at how my enemies are persecuting me! Grab me back from the gates of death,
Show me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of the gates of death;
14 so I can praise you at Zion's gates, happy that you have saved me.
That I may recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion, may exult in thy salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into their own pit they dug; their feet are trapped by their own net they set.
The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
16 The Lord is known for his fairness; the wicked are trapped by their own actions. (Higgaion, Selah)
To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. (Selah)
The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God. (Sheol h7585)
18 But the needy will not be ignored forever, the hope of those who suffer will not always be dashed.
For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, —[nor, ] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.
19 Stand up, Lord! Don't let human beings win! Let the nations be brought before you for judgment!
Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.
20 Lord, terrify them! Let them know they are only human! (Selah)
Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them, —Let the nations know [that] they are men. (Selah)
