Psalms 9
1 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,
Unto the end. For the secrets of the Son. A Psalm of David. I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.
2 I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.
I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
3 In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
4 For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.
For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
5 Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.
You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
6 O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.
The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise.
7 And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.
But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
8 And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.
And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
9 And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
10 They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.
And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
11 Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,
Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
12 For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
13 Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
14 So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.
You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.
16 Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (Pause)
The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
19 Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.
Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
20 Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
