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 “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your 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 you. I will sing praise to your name, O 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 in your presence.

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

For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on 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.

You have 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 is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

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

But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgement.

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 in righteousness. He will administer judgement 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 will also 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]).

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken 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 the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare amongst the people 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 he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.

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, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and 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 all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter 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 have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is 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 has made himself known. He has executed judgement. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Meditation, 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 be turned back 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 always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish 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 man prevail. Let 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.

Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. (Selah)