Psalms 9
1 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 marvelous works.
“To the chief musician upon Muthlabben, a psalm of David.” I will thank the Lord with all my heart: I will relate all thy marvelous deeds.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
I will rejoice and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High:
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
When my enemies are turned backward, [when] they fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
For thou hast conducted my dispute and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne as a righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked nations, thou hast caused the wicked to perish, their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever.
6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
O thou enemy, the ruins are passed away for ever, and the cities which thou hast destroyed, —lost is their memorial, yea, theirs.
7 But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
But the Lord will sit enthroned for ever: he hath established for giving judgment his throne.
8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
And he will judge the world with righteousness, he shall decide for the people, with equity.
9 The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
The Lord also will be a strong-hold for the oppressed, a strong-hold in times of distress.
10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken those that seek thee, O Lord.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
Sing praises to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion: announce among the people his deeds.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
For he, that inquireth after acts of blood, hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; have regard to my affliction [coming] from those that hate me, thou who liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
In order that I may relate all thy praises in the gates of the daughters of Zion: I will be glad in thy salvation.
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Sunk are nations in the ditch that they have prepared: in this net which they had laid in secret is their own foot caught.
16 The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Meditation, Selah)
The Lord is made known: he executed justice: through the doing of his own hands is the wicked ensnared. Higgayon, (Selah)
The wicked shall return into hell, all the nations that are forgetful of God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
Arise, O Lord; let not the mortal boast of his strength; let nations be judged before thy face.
20 Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. (Selah)
Place, O Lord, fear over them: let nations know, that they are but mortals. (Selah)
