Psalms 9
1 To the Chief Musician. On "Muthlabben." A Melody of David. I will praise Yahweh with all my heart, I will recount all thy wonderful doings:
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 rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, 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 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.
4 For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
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 nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age-abiding and beyond.
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 enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, —even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.
You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
7 But, Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne;
But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.
8 And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness.
And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.
9 Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
10 Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.
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 ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings.
Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.
12 When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
13 Show me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of 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 recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion, may exult in thy salvation.
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 nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
16 To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. (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, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, —[nor, ] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.
For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
19 Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.
Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.
20 Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them, —Let the nations know [that] they are men. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah)
