Psalms 9

1 Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. I will tell [others] about all the wonderful things that you have done.

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.

2 I will sing to celebrate what you [MTY], who are much greater than all other gods, [have done].

I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies realize [that you are very powerful], they stumble, and then they are killed.

When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:

4 You sat on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly/justly concerning me.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.

5 You rebuked the [people of other] nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

6 Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them any more.

O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

7 But Yahweh rules forever. He judges [people while he sits] on his throne to judge people,

But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.

8 and he will judge [all the people in] [SYN] the world justly; he will judge the people [of all nations] fairly [DOU].

And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

9 Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; [yes, he will be like] a shelter for them when they have trouble.

And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

10 Those who know Yahweh [MTY] trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him ([for help/to worship him]).

And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

11 Yahweh rules from Zion [Hill]; praise him while you sing to him. Tell [the people of all] the nations the [marvelous] things that he has done.

Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.

12 He does not forget [to punish] those who have murdered others; and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

13 Yahweh, be merciful to me! Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me. Do not allow me to die [because of these injuries].

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:

14 I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem [MTY] and to rejoice because you rescued me.

That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.

15 [It is as though] the [wicked people of many] nations have dug a pit for me to fall into [MET], but they have fallen into that same pit. [It is as if] they spread out a net to catch me [MET], but their feet have been caught in that same net.

The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

16 Because of what you have done, people know that you decide matters [fairly/justly], but [you allow] wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do.

Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)

17 Wicked people will all [die and] be buried in their graves, and [their spirits] will go to be with all those who have (forgotten about/rejected) you. (Sheol h7585)

The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)

18 But you will not forget those who are needy/poor; what they confidently expect will certainly happen.

For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.

19 Yahweh, arise and judge the [wicked] people of the nations; do not allow them to think that [because they are strong] they will never be punished.

Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

20 Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings.

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)