Psalms 9
1 For the leader;’almuth labben. A psalm of David. With all my heart I will praise the Lord, all your wonders I will rehearse.
To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy wonderful works.
2 I will rejoice and exult in you, singing praise to your name, Most High;
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3 because backward my foes were turned, they stumbled and perished before you.
When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4 My right and my claim you have upheld, you did sit on the throne as a fair judge,
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest on the throne judging right.
5 rebuking the nations, destroying the wicked, and blotting their name out forever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 The foe is vanished, ruined forever, their cities destroyed, their memory perished.
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial hath perished with them.
7 See! The Lord is seated forever on the throne he established for judgment,
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 ruling the world with justice, and judging the nations with equity.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 So the Lord proves a haven to the oppressed, a haven in times of trouble.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Well may they trust you who know your name, for those who seek you, you never abandon.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praise to the Lord, whose home is in Zion, declare his deeds among the nations.
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 As avenger of blood, he keeps them in mind, he does not forget the cry of the wretched.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13 Show me favour, Lord, see how my foes afflict me, lift me up from the gates of death;
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 so I may, in your help exulting, tell forth your praise at the gates of Zion.
That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The nations are sunk in the pit which they made, in the net that they hid, their own foot is entangled.
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 is revealed in the judgment he wrought, the wicked are snared in their own handiwork. (Selah)
The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: 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 will not be always forgotten, nor the hope of the helpless be lost 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 them triumph: before your face let the nations be judged.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20 Strike them with fear, Lord: show the nations how frail they are. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. (Selah)
