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 choir director; according to Muth-labben. A Psalm by David.] I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous 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 rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at your presence.
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For you have maintained my cause and my right; you sat on the throne, that judge righteousness.
For you have upheld my just cause. You sit on 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.
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever 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 is overtaken by endless ruin; and the very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
But the LORD reigns forever. He has 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 judge the peoples with equity.
9 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
The LORD will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge 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 those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations.
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12 For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
For he who takes revenge against murderers remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
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 on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me. You lift 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.
so that I may tell all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in your 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 have fallen into the pit they had made. In the net which they hid, their feet are caught.
16 The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause)
The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned back to 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 always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before you.
Arise, LORD. Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause)
Terrify them, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only human. (Selah)
