Psalms 9
1 To him that excelleth vpon Muth Laben. A Psalme of Dauid. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart: I will speake of all thy marueilous workes.
To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David. I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.
2 I will bee glad, and reioyce in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name, O most High,
I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.
3 For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.
When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right.
For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.
You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.
6 O enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed the cities: their memoriall is perished with them.
You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
7 But the Lord shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement.
But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.
8 For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnes, and shall iudge the people with equitie.
And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.
9 The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.
The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
10 And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not failed them that seeke thee.
And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes.
Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.
12 For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
13 Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate mee, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death,
Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;
14 That I may shewe all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation.
So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
15 The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
16 The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. (Higgaion, Selah)
The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion, Selah)
The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.
For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
19 Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight.
Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.
20 Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah)
