Psalms 9
1 To the Chief Musician. On "Muthlabben." A Melody of David. I will praise Yahweh with all my heart, I will recount all thy wonderful doings:
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
2 I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
4 For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age-abiding and beyond.
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
6 O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, —even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.
The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
7 But, Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne;
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
8 And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness.
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
9 Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.
Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings.
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
12 When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
13 Show me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of the gates of death;
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion, may exult in thy salvation.
that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
15 The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16 To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. (Selah)
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, —[nor, ] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
19 Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.
Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
20 Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them, —Let the nations know [that] they are men. (Selah)
Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.
