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 music director. According to Muth-labben. A psalm of David. I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the amazing things you have done.
2 I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High.
I will be glad and celebrate in you; I will sing praises to your wonderful nature, Most High God.
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
Those who hate me retreat; they fall back and die when you confront them.
4 For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
For you have judged that I am right; you have decided fairly from your throne of judgment.
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 condemned the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever and ever.
6 O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, —even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.
The enemies are finished, ruined forever; their cities are destroyed—even the memory of them is gone.
7 But, Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne;
But the Lord rules forever, his throne is set up for judgment.
8 And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness.
The Lord judges the world rightly; he judges the nations fairly.
9 Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
The Lord is a place of safety for those who are oppressed, a fortress 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 nature trust in you, for you don't abandon those who come to you.
11 Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings.
Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
12 When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
He does not forget to punish murderers; he does not ignore the cries of the suffering.
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 gracious to me, Lord! Look at how my enemies are persecuting me! Grab me back 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.
so I can praise you at Zion's gates, happy that you have saved me.
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 their own pit they dug; their feet are trapped by their own net they set.
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 for his fairness; the wicked are trapped by their own actions. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked depart, going to the grave—all nations who turn their backs on God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, —[nor, ] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.
But the needy will not be ignored forever, the hope of those who suffer will not always be dashed.
19 Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.
Stand up, Lord! Don't let human beings win! Let the nations be brought before you for judgment!
20 Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them, —Let the nations know [that] they are men. (Selah)
Lord, terrify them! Let them know they are only human! (Selah)
