Psalms 9
1 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.
For the leader;’almuth labben. A psalm of David. With all my heart I will praise the Lord, all your wonders I will rehearse.
2 I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
I will rejoice and exult in you, singing praise to your name, Most High;
3 For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
because backward my foes were turned, they stumbled and perished before you.
4 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
My right and my claim you have upheld, you did sit on the throne as a fair judge,
5 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
rebuking the nations, destroying the wicked, and blotting their name out forever and ever.
6 The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise.
The foe is vanished, ruined forever, their cities destroyed, their memory perished.
7 But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
See! The Lord is seated forever on the throne he established for judgment,
8 And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
ruling the world with justice, and judging the nations with equity.
9 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
So the Lord proves a haven to the oppressed, a haven in times of trouble.
10 And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
Well may they trust you who know your name, for those who seek you, you never abandon.
11 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
Sing praise to the Lord, whose home is in Zion, declare his deeds among the nations.
12 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
As avenger of blood, he keeps them in mind, he does not forget the cry of the wretched.
13 Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
Show me favour, Lord, see how my foes afflict me, lift me up from the gates of death;
14 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.
so I may, in your help exulting, tell forth your praise at the gates of Zion.
15 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.
The nations are sunk in the pit which they made, in the net that they hid, their own foot is entangled.
16 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (Pause)
The Lord is revealed in the judgment he wrought, the wicked are snared in their own handiwork. (Selah)
Let the wicked depart to Sheol, all the nations that live forgetful of God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
For the needy will not be always forgotten, nor the hope of the helpless be lost forever.
19 Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
Arise, Lord; don’t let them triumph: before your face let the nations be judged.
20 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
Strike them with fear, Lord: show the nations how frail they are. (Selah)
