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.

To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

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 thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

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

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

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

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

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

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

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

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

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

But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared 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].

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

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 also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge 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]).

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

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, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

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.

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

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].

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest 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 shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy 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 heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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 judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)

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 shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that 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 shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.

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.

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

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

Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. (Selah)