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 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 rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
For you have upheld my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name 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 enemy is overtaken by endless ruin; and the very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
And he will judge the world in righteousness. He will judge the peoples with equity.
9 And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
The LORD will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 They trust in You who know Your Name, For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
And those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12 For He who is seeking for blood Has remembered them, He has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
For he who takes revenge against murderers remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Favor me, O YHWH, See my affliction by those hating me, You who 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 So that I recount all Your praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on 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 Nations have sunk in a pit they made, Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
The nations have fallen into the pit they had made. In the net which they hid, their feet are caught.
16 YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
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 needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
Arise, LORD. Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
Terrify them, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only human. (Selah)
