Psalms 9
1 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.
Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. I will tell [others] about all the wonderful things that you have done.
2 I will bee glad, and reioyce in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name, O most High,
I will sing to celebrate what you [MTY], who are much greater than all other gods, [have done].
3 For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.
When my enemies realize [that you are very powerful], they stumble, and then they are killed.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right.
You sat on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly/justly concerning me.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.
You rebuked the [people of other] nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.
6 O enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed the cities: their memoriall is perished with them.
Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them any more.
7 But the Lord shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement.
But Yahweh rules forever. He judges [people while he sits] on his throne to judge people,
8 For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnes, and shall iudge the people with equitie.
and he will judge [all the people in] [SYN] the world justly; he will judge the people [of all nations] fairly [DOU].
9 The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.
Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; [yes, he will be like] a shelter for them when they have trouble.
10 And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not failed them that seeke thee.
Those who know Yahweh [MTY] trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him ([for help/to worship him]).
11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes.
Yahweh rules from Zion [Hill]; praise him while you sing to him. Tell [the people of all] the nations the [marvelous] things that he has done.
12 For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
He does not forget [to punish] those who have murdered others; and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering.
13 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,
Yahweh, be merciful to me! Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me. Do not allow me to die [because of these injuries].
14 That I may shewe all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation.
I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem [MTY] and to rejoice because you rescued me.
15 The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
[It is as though] the [wicked people of many] nations have dug a pit for me to fall into [MET], but they have fallen into that same pit. [It is as if] they spread out a net to catch me [MET], but their feet have been caught in that same net.
16 The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. (Higgaion, Selah)
Because of what you have done, people know that you decide matters [fairly/justly], but [you allow] wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do.
Wicked people will all [die and] be buried in their graves, and [their spirits] will go to be with all those who have (forgotten about/rejected) you. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.
But you will not forget those who are needy/poor; what they confidently expect will certainly happen.
19 Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight.
Yahweh, arise and judge the [wicked] people of the nations; do not allow them to think that [because they are strong] they will never be punished.
20 Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. (Selah)
Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings.
