Psalms 9
1 [For the choir director; according to Muth-labben. A Psalm by David.] I will give thanks to YHWH with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
“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 will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to 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 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have upheld my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin; and the very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
7 But YHWH reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness. He will judge the peoples with equity.
He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.
9 YHWH will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.
10 And those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, YHWH, have not forsaken those who seek you.
They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
11 Sing praises to YHWH, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
12 For he who takes revenge against murderers remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
13 Have mercy on me, YHWH. See my affliction by those who hate me. You 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 may tell all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in 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 The nations have fallen into the pit they had made. In the net which they hid, their feet are caught.
The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
16 YHWH has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, 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 shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, YHWH. Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your presence.
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!
20 Terrify them, YHWH. Let the nations know that they are only human. (Selah)
Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
