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.
“For the leader of the music; to be sung in the manner or with the voice of maidens. To the Benites, or to Ben. A psalm of David.” I will praise thee, O LORD! with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous 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 thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!
3 When my enemies are turned backward, [when] they fall and perish at thy presence.
All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou hast conducted my dispute and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne as a righteous judge.
For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
5 Thou hast rebuked nations, thou hast caused the wicked to perish, their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever.
Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
6 O thou enemy, the ruins are passed away for ever, and the cities which thou hast destroyed, —lost is their memorial, yea, theirs.
The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
7 But the Lord will sit enthroned for ever: he hath established for giving judgment his throne.
The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the world with righteousness, he shall decide for the people, with equity.
He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.
9 The Lord also will be a strong-hold for the oppressed, a strong-hold in times of distress.
Yea, the LORD is 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.
They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion: announce among the people his deeds.
Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
12 For he, that inquireth after acts of blood, hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
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 pity upon me, [[said I, ]] O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; 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 thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”
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 nations have sunk into the pit which 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)
Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. (Pause)
The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted 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 nations be judged by thee!
20 Place, O Lord, fear over them: let nations know, that they are but mortals. (Selah)
Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
