Psalms 9
1 “To the chief musician upon Muthlabben, a psalm of David.” I will thank the Lord with all my heart: I will relate all thy marvelous deeds.
I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvelous works.
2 I will rejoice and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High:
I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O you most High.
3 When my enemies are turned backward, [when] they fall and perish at thy presence.
When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.
4 For thou hast conducted my dispute and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne as a righteous judge.
For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
5 Thou hast rebuked nations, thou hast caused the wicked to perish, their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever.
You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name for ever and ever.
6 O thou enemy, the ruins are passed away for ever, and the cities which thou hast destroyed, —lost is their memorial, yea, theirs.
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 will sit enthroned for ever: he hath established for giving judgment his throne.
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the world with righteousness, he shall decide for the people, with equity.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 The Lord also will be a strong-hold for the oppressed, a strong-hold in times of distress.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken those that seek thee, O Lord.
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 dwelleth in Zion: announce among the people his deeds.
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 For he, that inquireth after acts of blood, hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
13 Be gracious unto me, O Lord; have regard to my affliction [coming] from those that hate me, thou who liftest me up from the gates of death:
Have mercy on 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 In order that I may relate all thy praises in the gates of the daughters of Zion: I will be glad in thy salvation.
That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
15 Sunk are nations in the ditch that they have prepared: in this net which they had laid in secret is their own foot caught.
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 made known: he executed justice: through the doing of his own hands is the wicked ensnared. Higgayon, (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 For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Lord; let not the mortal boast of his strength; let nations be judged before thy face.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight.
20 Place, O Lord, fear over them: let nations know, that they are but mortals. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
