Psalms, 9

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. <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 rejoice and delight in you, I sing to your name, Most High.

2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

3. My enemies are in retreat, they stumble and perish at your presence,

3. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4. for you have given fair judgement in my favour, seated on your throne as upright judge.

4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

5. You have rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked, blotted out their name for ever and ever;

5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put 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. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

7. Yahweh is enthroned for ever, keeping his throne firm for judgement;

7. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

8. he will himself judge the world in uprightness, will give a true verdict on the nations.

8. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

9. May Yahweh be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble!

9. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

10. Those who revere your name can rely on you, you never desert those who seek you, Yahweh.

10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

11. Sing to Yahweh who dwells in Zion, tell the nations his mighty deeds,

11. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

12. for the avenger of blood does not forget them, he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

12. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

13. Have pity on me, Yahweh, see my affliction, pull me back from the gates of death,

13. 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. that I may recount all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion and rejoice in your salvation.

14. 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 fallen into the trap they made, their feet caught in the snare they laid.

15. 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, given judgement, he has ensnared the wicked in the work of their own hands.Muted music Pause

16. The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

17. May the wicked turn away to Sheol, all the nations forgetful of God.

17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] 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 alway be forgotten: the expectation 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 heathen be judged in thy sight.

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: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah.