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 leader;’almuth labben. A psalm of David. With all my heart I will praise the Lord, all your wonders I will rehearse.
2 I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High.
I will rejoice and exult in you, singing praise to your name, Most High;
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
because backward my foes were turned, they stumbled and perished before you.
4 For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
My right and my claim you have upheld, you did sit on the throne as a fair judge,
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age-abiding and beyond.
rebuking the nations, destroying the wicked, and blotting their name out forever and ever.
6 O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, —even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.
The foe is vanished, ruined forever, their cities destroyed, their memory perished.
7 But, Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne;
See! The Lord is seated forever on the throne he established for judgment,
8 And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness.
ruling the world with justice, and judging the nations with equity.
9 Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
So the Lord proves a haven to the oppressed, a haven 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.
Well may they trust you who know your name, for those who seek you, you never abandon.
11 Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings.
Sing praise to the Lord, whose home is in Zion, declare 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.
As avenger of blood, he keeps them in mind, he does not forget the cry of the wretched.
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;
Show me favor, Lord, see how my foes 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.
so I may, in your help exulting, tell forth your praise at the gates of Zion.
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 are sunk in the pit which they made, in the net that they hid, their own foot is entangled.
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 revealed in the judgment he wrought, the wicked are snared in their own handiwork. (Selah)
Let the wicked depart to Sheol, all the nations that live forgetful of 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 be always forgotten, nor the hope of the helpless be lost forever.
19 Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.
Arise, Lord; don’t let them triumph: before your face let the nations be judged.
20 Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them, —Let the nations know [that] they are men. (Selah)
Strike them with fear, Lord: show the nations how frail they are. (Selah)
