Psalms 9
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
World English Bible
1(9-1) For the Leader; upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. (9-2) I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all Thy marvellous works.
1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2(9-3) I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High:
2I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3(9-4) When mine enemies are turned back, they stumble and perish at Thy presence;
3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4(9-5) For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.
4For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5(9-6) Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
5You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6(9-7) O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.
6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7(9-8) But the LORD is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.
7But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8(9-9) And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.
8He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9(9-10) The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;
9The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
10(9-11) And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
10Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11(9-12) Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion; declare among the peoples His doings.
11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12(9-13) For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.
12For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
13(9-14) Be gracious unto me, O LORD, behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
13Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
14(9-15) That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in Thy salvation.
14that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15(9-16) The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16(9-17) The LORD hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah
16The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
17(9-18) The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.
17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
18(9-19) For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19(9-20) Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in Thy sight.
19Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20(9-21) Set terror over them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
20Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.
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