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 marvellous works.
I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O 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 in your presence.
When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.
4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
5 You have 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 is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown 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 the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgement.
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgement to the peoples in uprightness.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
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 refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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 your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare amongst the people what he has done.
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
13 Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
Have mercy on 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 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
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 in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgement. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Meditation, Selah)
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
For the needy shall not always 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 man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight.
20 Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
