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;’almuth labben. A psalm of David. With all my heart I will praise the Lord, all your wonders I will rehearse.

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

I will rejoice and exult in you, singing praise to your name, Most High;

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

because backward my foes were turned, they stumbled and perished before you.

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

My right and my claim you have upheld, you did sit on the throne as a fair judge,

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

rebuking the nations, destroying the wicked, and blotting their name out forever and ever.

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

The foe is vanished, ruined forever, their cities destroyed, their memory perished.

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

See! The Lord is seated forever on the throne he established 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].

ruling the world with justice, and judging the nations 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.

So the Lord proves a haven to the oppressed, a haven 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]).

Well may they trust you who know your name, for those who seek you, you never abandon.

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 praise to the Lord, whose home is in Zion, declare 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.

As avenger of blood, he keeps them in mind, he does not forget the cry of the wretched.

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].

Show me favor, Lord, see how my foes 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.

so I may, in your help exulting, tell forth your praise at the gates of Zion.

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 are sunk in the pit which they made, in the net that they hid, their own foot is entangled.

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 revealed in the judgment he wrought, the wicked are snared in their own handiwork. (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)

Let the wicked depart to Sheol, all the nations that live forgetful of 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 be always forgotten, nor the hope of the helpless be lost forever.

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, Lord; don’t let them triumph: before your face let the nations be judged.

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

Strike them with fear, Lord: show the nations how frail they are. (Selah)