Psalms 9
1 To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy wonderful works.
TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “DEATH OF THE SON.” A PSALM OF DAVID. I confess, O YHWH, with all my heart, I recount all Your wonders,
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
I rejoice and exult in You, I praise Your Name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
In my enemies turning backward, They stumble and perish from Your face.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest on the throne judging right.
For You have done my judgment and my right. You have sat on a throne, Judging [with] righteousness.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
You have rebuked nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.
6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial hath perished with them.
The enemy—[your] destructions have been completed forever, As for cities you have plucked up, Their memorial has perished with them.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
And YHWH abides for all time, He is preparing His throne for judgment.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in uprightness.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
They trust in You who know Your Name, For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Sing praise to YHWH, inhabiting Zion, Declare His acts among the peoples,
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
For He who is seeking for blood Has remembered them, He has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Favor me, O YHWH, See my affliction by those hating me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
So that I recount all Your praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Your salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Nations have sunk in a pit they made, Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
YHWH has been known, He has done judgment; By a work of his hands The wicked has been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
The wicked turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
For the needy is not forgotten forever, [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Rise, O YHWH, do not let man be strong, Let nations be judged before Your face.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. (Selah)
Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
