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.

For the Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!

I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

3 All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.

When mine enemies turn back, they stumble 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 satest in the throne judging righteously.

5 Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

6 The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; and the cities which thou hast overthrown, their very memorial is perished.

7 The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.

But the LORD sitteth [as king] for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

8 He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

9 Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.

The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;

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 put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek 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: declare among the people his doings.

12 As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

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:

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up 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 shew forth all thy praise: in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation.

15 The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot 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 hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higaion, Selah)

17 The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God. (Sheol h7585)

The wicked shall return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)

18 For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

19 Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

20 Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)

Put them in fear, O LORD: let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)