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:
Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. I will tell [others] about all the wonderful things that you have done.
2 I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High.
I will sing to celebrate what you [MTY], who are much greater than all other gods, [have done].
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
When my enemies realize [that you are very powerful], they stumble, and then they are killed.
4 For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
You sat on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly/justly concerning me.
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 rebuked the [people of other] nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.
6 O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, —even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.
Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them any more.
7 But, Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne;
But Yahweh rules forever. He judges [people while he sits] on his throne to judge people,
8 And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness.
and he will judge [all the people in] [SYN] the world justly; he will judge the people [of all nations] fairly [DOU].
9 Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; [yes, he will be like] a shelter for them when they have 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 Yahweh [MTY] trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him ([for help/to worship him]).
11 Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings.
Yahweh rules from Zion [Hill]; praise him while you sing to him. Tell [the people of all] the nations the [marvelous] things that 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] those who have murdered others; and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are 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;
Yahweh, be merciful to me! Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me. Do not allow me to die [because of these injuries].
14 That I may recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion, may exult in thy salvation.
I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem [MTY] and to rejoice because you rescued me.
15 The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
[It is as though] the [wicked people of many] nations have dug a pit for me to fall into [MET], but they have fallen into that same pit. [It is as if] they spread out a net to catch me [MET], but their feet have been caught in that same net.
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)
Because of what you have done, people know that you decide matters [fairly/justly], but [you allow] wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do.
Wicked people will all [die and] be buried in their graves, and [their spirits] will go to be with all those who have (forgotten about/rejected) you. (Sheol h7585)
18 For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, —[nor, ] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.
But you will not forget those who are needy/poor; what they confidently expect will certainly happen.
19 Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.
Yahweh, arise and judge the [wicked] people of the nations; do not allow them to think that [because they are strong] they will never be punished.
20 Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them, —Let the nations know [that] they are men. (Selah)
Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings.
