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 end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son. I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all your wonderful 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 exult in you: I will sing to your name, O you 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 be feeble and perish at your presence.

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

For you have maintained my cause and my right; you sat on the throne, that judge righteousness.

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, and the ungodly one has perished; you have blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.

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

The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and you have destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

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

but the Lord endures for ever: he has 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 will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations 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 is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

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

And let them that know your name hope in you: for you, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently 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 Sion: declare his dealings 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 he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.

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; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, you that 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 in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult 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 heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their 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 as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause)

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)

Let sinners be driven away into Hades, [even] 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 poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones 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 before you.

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

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause)