< 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
For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2 to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with you to sing name your Most High
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 in/on/with to return: return enemy my back to stumble and to perish from face: before your
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 for to make: do justice my and judgment my to dwell to/for throne to judge righteousness
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5 to rebuke nation to perish wicked name their to wipe to/for forever: enduring and perpetuity
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 [the] enemy to finish desolation to/for perpetuity and city to uproot to perish memorial their they(masc.)
The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 and LORD to/for forever: enduring to dwell to establish: establish to/for justice throne his
But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 and he/she/it to judge world in/on/with righteousness to judge people in/on/with uprightness
He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9 and to be LORD high refuge to/for crushed high refuge to/for time dearth
The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of 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 your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 to sing to/for LORD to dwell Zion to tell in/on/with people wantonness his
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12 for to seek blood [obj] them to remember not to forget cry (poor *Q(K)*)
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 be gracious me LORD to see: behold! affliction my from to hate me to exalt me from gate death
Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
14 because to recount all praise your in/on/with gate daughter Zion to rejoice in/on/with salvation your
that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 to sink nation in/on/with pit: grave to make in/on/with net this to hide to capture foot their
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16 to know LORD justice: judgement to make: do in/on/with work palm his to snare wicked Higgaion (Selah)
The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Meditation, Selah)
17 to return: return wicked to/for hell: Sheol [to] all nation forgetful God (Sheol )
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. (Sheol )
18 for not to/for perpetuity to forget needy hope (afflicted *Q(K)*) to perish to/for perpetuity
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 to arise: rise [emph?] LORD not be strong human to judge nation upon face: before your
Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20 to set: appoint [emph?] LORD fear to/for them to know nation human they(masc., Selah)
Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. (Selah)