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.

To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' — A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

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

I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.

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

In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

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

For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

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 nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

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

O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

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

And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.

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 judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth 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.

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

10 Those who know Yahweh [MTY] trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him ([for help/to worship him]).

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

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 ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,

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 is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten 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].

Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who 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.

So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on 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.

Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

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.

Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. (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 do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. (Sheol h7585)

18 But you will not forget those who are needy/poor; what they confidently expect will certainly happen.

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

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.

Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.

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

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)