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.
To the Chief Musician. On "Muthlabben." A Melody of David. I will praise Yahweh with all my heart, I will recount all thy wonderful doings:
2 I will rejoice and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High:
I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High.
3 When my enemies are turned backward, [when] they fall and perish at thy presence.
When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
4 For thou hast conducted my dispute and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne as a righteous judge.
For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
5 Thou hast rebuked nations, thou hast caused the wicked to perish, their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age-abiding and beyond.
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 enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, —even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.
7 But the Lord will sit enthroned for ever: he hath established for giving judgment his throne.
But, Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne;
8 And he will judge the world with righteousness, he shall decide for the people, with equity.
And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness.
9 The Lord also will be a strong-hold for the oppressed, a strong-hold in times of distress.
Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken those that seek thee, O Lord.
Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion: announce among the people his deeds.
Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples 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 was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
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:
Show me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of 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 recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion, may exult in thy 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 nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
16 The Lord is made known: he executed justice: through the doing of his own hands is the wicked ensnared. Higgayon, (Selah)
To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. (Selah)
The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, —[nor, ] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Lord; let not the mortal boast of his strength; let nations be judged before thy face.
Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.
20 Place, O Lord, fear over them: let nations know, that they are but mortals. (Selah)
Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them, —Let the nations know [that] they are men. (Selah)
