Psalms 9
1 To the chief Musician. Upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works.
“For the leader of the music; to be sung in the manner or with the voice of maidens. To the Benites, or to Ben. A psalm of David.” I will praise thee, O LORD! with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!
3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.
For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!
6 O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.
The enemy is fallen, —a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!
7 But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.
The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.
9 And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.
Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.
10 And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
11 Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.
Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!
12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
13 Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:
“Have pity upon me, [[said I, ]] O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; Lift me up from the gates of death:
14 That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.
That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee.”
15 The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
16 Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. (Pause)
The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!
20 Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! (Pause)
