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 end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son. I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful works.
2 I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High.
I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age-abiding and beyond.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.
6 O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, —even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.
The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
7 But, Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne;
but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness.
And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.
9 Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
10 Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.
And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.
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 Sion: declare his dealings 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 he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
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;
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, thou that liftest 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 thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in thy 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 heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.
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 as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause)
Let sinners be driven away into Hades, [even] all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, —[nor, ] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.
For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.
19 Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.
Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.
20 Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them, —Let the nations know [that] they are men. (Selah)
Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause)
