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 Muth Labben style. A psalm of David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart; I will tell about all your marvelous deeds.

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 you; I will sing praise to your name, Most High!

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

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before you.

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

For you have defended my just cause; you sit on your 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.

You rebuked the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

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

The enemy crumbled like ruins when you overthrew their cities. All remembrance of them has perished.

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

But Yahweh remains forever; he has established his throne for justice.

8 and he will judge [all the people in] [SYN] the world justly; he will judge the people [of all nations] fairly [DOU].

He will judge the world with righteousness, and he will execute judgment for the nations with fairness.

9 Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; [yes, he will be like] a shelter for them when they have trouble.

Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold 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]).

Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Yahweh, do not abandon those who 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 Yahweh, who rules in Zion; tell the nations what he has done.

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 the God who avenges bloodshed remembers; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.

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 on me, Yahweh; see how I am oppressed by those who hate me, you who can snatch me 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.

Oh, that I might proclaim all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice 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 nations have sunk down into the pit that they made; their feet are caught in the net that they hid.

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.

Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked is ensnared by his own actions. (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 are turned back and sent to Sheol, 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 will not always be forgotten, nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed.

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, Yahweh; do not let man win against you; may the nations be judged in your sight.

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

Terrify them, Yahweh; may the nations know that they are mere men. (Selah)