Psalms 9
1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. I will tell [others] about all the wonderful things that you have done.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
I will sing to celebrate what you [MTY], who are much greater than all other gods, [have done].
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
When my enemies realize [that you are very powerful], they stumble, and then they are killed.
4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
You sat on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly/justly concerning me.
5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
You rebuked the [people of other] nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.
6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them any more.
7 But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
But Yahweh rules forever. He judges [people while he sits] on his throne to judge people,
8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
and he will judge [all the people in] [SYN] the world justly; he will judge the people [of all nations] fairly [DOU].
9 The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; [yes, he will be like] a shelter for them when they have trouble.
10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Those who know Yahweh [MTY] trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him ([for help/to worship him]).
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
Yahweh rules from Zion [Hill]; praise him while you sing to him. Tell [the people of all] the nations the [marvelous] things that he has done.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
He does not forget [to punish] those who have murdered others; and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering.
13 Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
Yahweh, be merciful to me! Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me. Do not allow me to die [because of these injuries].
14 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem [MTY] and to rejoice because you rescued me.
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
[It is as though] the [wicked people of many] nations have dug a pit for me to fall into [MET], but they have fallen into that same pit. [It is as if] they spread out a net to catch me [MET], but their feet have been caught in that same net.
16 The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Meditation, Selah)
Because of what you have done, people know that you decide matters [fairly/justly], but [you allow] wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do.
Wicked people will all [die and] be buried in their graves, and [their spirits] will go to be with all those who have (forgotten about/rejected) you. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
But you will not forget those who are needy/poor; what they confidently expect will certainly happen.
19 Arise, LORD! Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
Yahweh, arise and judge the [wicked] people of the nations; do not allow them to think that [because they are strong] they will never be punished.
20 Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. (Selah)
Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings.
