< Psalms 9 >
1 “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.
To him that excelleth vpon Muth Laben. A Psalme of Dauid. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart: I will speake of all thy marueilous workes.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!
I will bee glad, and reioyce in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name, O most High,
3 All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.
For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right.
5 Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.
6 The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
O enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed the cities: their memoriall is perished with them.
7 The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
But the Lord shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement.
8 He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.
For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnes, and shall iudge the people with equitie.
9 Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.
The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.
10 They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not failed them that seeke thee.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes.
12 As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
13 “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:
Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate mee, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death,
14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”
That I may shewe all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation.
15 The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
16 Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. (Pause)
The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. (Higgaion, Selah)
17 The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God. (Sheol )
The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God. (Sheol )
18 For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.
For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.
19 Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!
Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight.
20 Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. (Selah)