Psalms 9
1 to/for to conduct Alamoth (Muth-)labben melody to/for David to give thanks LORD in/on/with all heart my to recount all to wonder your
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 to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with you to sing name your Most High
I will sing to celebrate what you [MTY], who are much greater than all other gods, [have done].
3 in/on/with to return: return enemy my back to stumble and to perish from face: before your
When my enemies realize [that you are very powerful], they stumble, and then they are killed.
4 for to make: do justice my and judgment my to dwell to/for throne to judge righteousness
You sat on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly/justly concerning me.
5 to rebuke nation to perish wicked name their to wipe to/for forever: enduring and perpetuity
You rebuked the [people of other] nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.
6 [the] enemy to finish desolation to/for perpetuity and city to uproot to perish memorial their they(masc.)
Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them any more.
7 and LORD to/for forever: enduring to dwell to establish: establish to/for justice throne his
But Yahweh rules forever. He judges [people while he sits] on his throne to judge people,
8 and he/she/it to judge world in/on/with righteousness to judge people in/on/with uprightness
and he will judge [all the people in] [SYN] the world justly; he will judge the people [of all nations] fairly [DOU].
9 and to be LORD high refuge to/for crushed high refuge to/for time dearth
Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; [yes, he will be like] a shelter for them when they have trouble.
10 and to trust in/on/with you to know name your for not to leave: forsake to seek you LORD
Those who know Yahweh [MTY] trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him ([for help/to worship him]).
11 to sing to/for LORD to dwell Zion to tell in/on/with people wantonness his
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 for to seek blood [obj] them to remember not to forget cry (poor *Q(K)*)
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 be gracious me LORD to see: behold! affliction my from to hate me to exalt me from gate 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 because to recount all praise your in/on/with gate daughter Zion to rejoice in/on/with salvation your
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 to sink nation in/on/with pit: grave to make in/on/with net this to hide to capture foot their
[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 know LORD justice: judgement to make: do in/on/with work palm his to snare wicked Higgaion (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 to/for perpetuity to forget needy hope (afflicted *Q(K)*) to perish to/for perpetuity
But you will not forget those who are needy/poor; what they confidently expect will certainly happen.
19 to arise: rise [emph?] LORD not be strong human to judge nation upon face: before your
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 to set: appoint [emph?] LORD fear to/for them to know nation human they(masc., Selah)
Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings.
