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 Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works.
2 I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm 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 For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
When mine enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted out their name for ever 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 enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; and the cities which thou hast overthrown, their very memorial is perished.
7 But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
But the LORD sitteth [as king] for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;
10 And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest 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.
That I may shew forth all thy praise: in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation.
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 down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (Pause)
The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higaion, Selah)
The wicked shall return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget 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 shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
19 Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.
20 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
Put them in fear, O LORD: let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
