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,
To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' — A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,
2 I rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.
I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.
3 In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
4 For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.
5 You have rebuked nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.
Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.
6 The enemy—[your] destructions have been completed forever, As for cities you have plucked up, Their memorial has perished with them.
O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.
7 And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.
8 And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.
9 And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
10 They trust in You who know Your Name, For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.
11 Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,
12 For He who is seeking for blood Has remembered them, He has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten 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,
Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest 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 recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.
15 Nations have sunk in a pit they made, Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
16 YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
19 Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.
20 Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
