Psalms 9

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.

1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

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

3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

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

4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

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

5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever 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 has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

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

8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

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

9 The LORD is a refuge 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 know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

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 praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

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

12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; 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 Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up 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 declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may 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 a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

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 The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.