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 leader of the music; to be sung in the manner or with the voice of maidens. To the Benites, or to Ben. A psalm of David.” I will praise thee, O LORD! with my whole heart; I will show 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.
All my enemies are turned back; They 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 dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
5 You rebuked the [people of other] nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.
Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
6 Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them any more.
The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
7 But Yahweh rules forever. He judges [people while he sits] on his throne to judge people,
The LORD reigneth 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].
He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with 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.
Yea, the LORD is 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]).
They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not 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, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
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.
As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
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 pity upon me, [[said I, ]] O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate 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 show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”
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 sunk into the pit which 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.
Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. (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)
The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger 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 always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted 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 nations be judged by thee!
20 Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings.
Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
