< 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 chief musician; set to Muth Labben style. A psalm of David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart; I will tell about all your marvelous deeds.
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, Most High!
3 In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before you.
4 For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
For you have defended my just cause; you sit on your 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.
You 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 crumbled like ruins when you overthrew their cities. All remembrance of them has perished.
7 And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
But Yahweh remains forever; he has established his throne for justice.
8 And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
He will judge the world with righteousness, and he will execute judgment for the nations with fairness.
9 And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold 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 name trust in you, for you, Yahweh, do not abandon those who seek you.
11 Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
Sing praises to Yahweh, who rules 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.
For the God who avenges bloodshed remembers; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
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, Yahweh; see how I am oppressed by those who hate me, you who can snatch me 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.
Oh, that I might proclaim 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 sunk down into the pit that they made; their feet are caught in the net that they hid.
16 YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked is ensnared by his own actions. (Selah)
17 The wicked turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. (Sheol h7585)
The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol, 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 will not always be forgotten, nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed.
19 Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
Arise, Yahweh; do not let man win against you; may the nations be judged in your sight.
20 Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
Terrify them, Yahweh; may the nations know that they are mere men. (Selah)

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