Psalms 9
1 I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvellous works.
[For the choir director; according to Muth-labben. A Psalm by David.] I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O you most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
For you have upheld my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name for ever and ever.
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 O you enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and you have destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin; and the very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
And he will judge the world in righteousness. He will judge the peoples with equity.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
The LORD will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
And those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12 When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
For he who takes revenge against murderers remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death:
Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me. You lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
so that I may tell all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in 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.
The nations have fallen into the pit they had made. In the net which they hid, their feet are caught.
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget 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 shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight.
Arise, LORD. Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
Terrify them, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only human. (Selah)
