Psalms 9
1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
I will give thanks to Jehovah with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy 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 exult in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
For thou have maintained my right and my cause. Thou sit in the throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
The enemy have come to an end. They are desolate forever, and the cities which thou have overthrown. The very memory of them is perished,
7 But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
but Jehovah will endure forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment,
8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
and he will judge the world in righteousness. He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.
9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
Jehovah will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek thee.
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
Sing praises to Jehovah, who 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.
For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah. Behold my affliction from those who hate me, thou who lifts 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 thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy 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 nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Meditation, Selah)
Jehovah has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even 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 a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
19 Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
Arise, O Jehovah, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
20 Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O Jehovah. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
