Psalms 9

1 Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. I will tell [others] about all the wonderful things that you have done.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.

2 I will sing to celebrate what you [MTY], who are much greater than all other gods, [have done].

I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies realize [that you are very powerful], they stumble, and then they are killed.

When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

4 You sat on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly/justly concerning me.

For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

5 You rebuked the [people of other] nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.

You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

6 Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them any more.

The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

7 But Yahweh rules forever. He judges [people while he sits] on his throne to judge people,

But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

8 and he will judge [all the people in] [SYN] the world justly; he will judge the people [of all nations] fairly [DOU].

He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

9 Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; [yes, he will be like] a shelter for them when they have trouble.

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

10 Those who know Yahweh [MTY] trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him ([for help/to worship him]).

Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

11 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.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

12 He does not forget [to punish] those who have murdered others; and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering.

For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

13 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].

Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

14 I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem [MTY] and to rejoice because you rescued me.

that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

15 [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.

The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

16 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.

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

17 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)

The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God. (Sheol h7585)

18 But you will not forget those who are needy/poor; what they confidently expect will certainly happen.

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

19 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.

Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

20 Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings.

Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.