Psalms 9
1 For the chief musician; set to Muth Labben style. A psalm of David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart; I will tell about all your marvelous deeds.
To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, Most High!
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before you.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For you have defended my just cause; you sit on your throne, a righteous judge!
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
5 You rebuked the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 The enemy crumbled like ruins when you overthrew their cities. All remembrance of them has perished.
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 But Yahweh remains forever; he has established his throne for justice.
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 He will judge the world with righteousness, and he will execute judgment for the nations with fairness.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Yahweh, do not abandon those who seek you.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who rules in Zion; tell the nations what he has done.
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 For the God who avenges bloodshed remembers; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh; see how I am oppressed by those who hate me, you who can snatch me from the gates of death.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 Oh, that I might proclaim all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in your salvation!
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The nations have sunk down into the pit that they made; their feet are caught in the net that they hid.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked is ensnared by his own actions. (Selah)
The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
19 Arise, Yahweh; do not let man win against you; may the nations be judged in your sight.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20 Terrify them, Yahweh; may the nations know that they are mere men. (Selah)
Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. (Selah)
