Psalms 9
1 To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
Unto the end. For the secrets of the Son. A Psalm of David. I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest on the throne judging right.
For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial hath perished with them.
The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. (Pause)
The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. (Pause)
