Psalm 9
For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.
[9:1] I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works. [9:2] I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. [9:3] When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence. [9:4] For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously. [9:5] You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever. [9:6] The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. [9:7] But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment. [9:8] He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness. [9:9] Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble. [9:10] Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you. [9:11] Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done. [9:12] For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted. [9:13] Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death; [9:14] that I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation. [9:15] The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. [9:16] Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah. [9:17] The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. [9:18] For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever. [9:19] Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight. [9:20] Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.