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 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 rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!
3 In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.
Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
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 fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
7 And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.
9 And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
Yea, the LORD is 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.
They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
11 Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
12 For He who is seeking for blood Has remembered them, He has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
13 Favor me, O YHWH, See my affliction by those hating me, You who lift 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 So that I recount all Your praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Your 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 Nations have sunk in a pit they made, Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
16 YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, 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 the needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.
19 Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!
20 Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
