Psalms, 9
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0. To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.
1. [For the choirmaster On oboe and harp Psalm Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with my whole heart, I recount all your wonders,
1. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy wonderful deeds.
2. I rejoice and delight in you, I sing to your name, Most High.
2. I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High.
3. My enemies are in retreat, they stumble and perish at your presence,
3. When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee.
4. for you have given fair judgement in my favour, seated on your throne as upright judge.
4. For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
5. You have rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked, blotted out their name for ever and ever;
5. Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6. the enemy is wiped out -- mere ruins for ever -- you have annihilated their cities, their memory has perished. See,
6. The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
7. Yahweh is enthroned for ever, keeping his throne firm for judgement;
7. But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;
8. he will himself judge the world in uprightness, will give a true verdict on the nations.
8. and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.
9. May Yahweh be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble!
9. The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10. Those who revere your name can rely on you, you never desert those who seek you, Yahweh.
10. And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.
11. Sing to Yahweh who dwells in Zion, tell the nations his mighty deeds,
11. Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
12. for the avenger of blood does not forget them, he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
12. For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13. Have pity on me, Yahweh, see my affliction, pull me back from the gates of death,
13. Be gracious to me, O LORD! Behold what I suffer from those who hate me, O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
14. that I may recount all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion and rejoice in your salvation.
14. that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance.
15. The nations have fallen into the trap they made, their feet caught in the snare they laid.
15. The nations have sunk in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught.
16. Yahweh has made himself known, given judgement, he has ensnared the wicked in the work of their own hands.Muted music Pause
16. The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [Higgaion. Selah]
17. May the wicked turn away to Sheol, all the nations forgetful of God.
17. The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
18. For the needy is not forgotten for ever, not for ever does the hope of the poor come to nothing.
18. For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19. Arise, Yahweh; human strength shall not prevail. The nations shall stand trial before you.
19. Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before thee!
20. Strike them with terror, Yahweh; the nations shall know that they are no more than human!Pause
20. Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah]
