Psalms 9
1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “DEATH OF THE SON.” A PSALM OF DAVID. I confess, O YHWH, with all my heart, I recount all Your wonders,
For the music director. According to Muth-labben. A psalm of David. I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the amazing things you have done.
2 I rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.
I will be glad and celebrate in you; I will sing praises to your wonderful nature, Most High God.
3 In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
Those who hate me retreat; they fall back and die when you confront them.
4 For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
For you have judged that I am right; you have decided fairly from your throne of judgment.
5 You have rebuked nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.
You have condemned the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever and ever.
6 The enemy—[your] destructions have been completed forever, As for cities you have plucked up, Their memorial has perished with them.
The enemies are finished, ruined forever; their cities are destroyed—even the memory of them is gone.
7 And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
But the Lord rules forever, his throne is set up for judgment.
8 And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
The Lord judges the world rightly; he judges the nations fairly.
9 And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
The Lord is a place of safety for those who are oppressed, a fortress in times of trouble.
10 They trust in You who know Your Name, For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
Those who know your nature trust in you, for you don't abandon those who come to you.
11 Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
12 For He who is seeking for blood Has remembered them, He has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
He does not forget to punish murderers; he does not ignore the cries of the suffering.
13 Favor me, O YHWH, See my affliction by those hating me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
Be gracious to me, Lord! Look at how my enemies are persecuting me! Grab me back from the gates of death,
14 So that I recount all Your praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Your salvation.
so I can praise you at Zion's gates, happy that you have saved me.
15 Nations have sunk in a pit they made, Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
The nations have fallen into their own pit they dug; their feet are trapped by their own net they set.
16 YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
The Lord is known for his fairness; the wicked are trapped by their own actions. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked depart, going to the grave—all nations who turn their backs on God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
But the needy will not be ignored forever, the hope of those who suffer will not always be dashed.
19 Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
Stand up, Lord! Don't let human beings win! Let the nations be brought before you for judgment!
20 Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
Lord, terrify them! Let them know they are only human! (Selah)
