Psalms 9
1 To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' — A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,
I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvellous works.
2 I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.
I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O you most High.
3 In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.
4 For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.
For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
5 Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.
You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name for ever and ever.
6 O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.
O you enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and you have destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.
And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
11 Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
13 Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death:
14 So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.
That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. (Meditation, Selah)
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: 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 not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight.
20 Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! (Selah)
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
