< Psalms 9 >
1 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.
I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, Most High!
I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O you most High.
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before you.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.
4 For you have defended my just cause; you sit on your throne, a righteous judge!
For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
5 You rebuked the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name for ever and ever.
6 The enemy crumbled like ruins when you overthrew their cities. All remembrance of them has perished.
O you enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and you have destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 But Yahweh remains forever; he has established his throne for justice.
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 He will judge the world with righteousness, and he will execute judgment for the nations with fairness.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Yahweh, do not abandon those who seek you.
And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who rules in Zion; tell the nations what he has done.
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 For the God who avenges bloodshed remembers; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
13 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.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death:
14 Oh, that I might proclaim all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in your salvation!
That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
15 The nations have sunk down into the pit that they made; their feet are caught in the net that they hid.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked is ensnared by his own actions. (Selah)
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
17 The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. (Sheol )
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. (Sheol )
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, Yahweh; do not let man win against you; may the nations be judged in your sight.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight.
20 Terrify them, Yahweh; may the nations know that they are mere men. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)