Psalms 9
1 For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son. I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all your wonderful works.
For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and exult in you: I will sing to your name, O you Most High.
I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at your presence.
When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have maintained my cause and my right; you sat on the throne, that judge righteousness.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; you have blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and you have destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.
7 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
But Jehovah sitteth [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.
And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
10 And let them that know your name hope in you: for you, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek you.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations.
Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
12 For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, you that lift me up from the gates of death:
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
14 that I may declare all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in your salvation.
That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.
The nations 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 as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause)
Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before you.
Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause)
Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
