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.
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 marvellous 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 rejoice in you. I will sing 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 enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right.
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 O enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed the cities: their memoriall is perished with them.
The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 But the Lord shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement.
But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgement.
8 For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnes, and shall iudge the people with equitie.
He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgement to the peoples in uprightness.
9 The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.
The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; 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.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes.
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare amongst the people what he has done.
12 For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
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, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may shewe all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation.
that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
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 sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is 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 made himself known. He has executed judgement. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Meditation, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight.
Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20 Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. (Selah)
Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. (Selah)
