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 Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous 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 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 turn back, they stumble 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 righteously.

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 nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted 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.

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; and the cities which thou hast overthrown, their very memorial is perished.

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

But the LORD sitteth [as king] 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 peoples 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 high tower for the oppressed, a high tower 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.

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry 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; behold my affliction [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 nations 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 hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higaion, 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 return to Sheol, 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 needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor 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 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: let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)