Psalms 9

1 I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

1To the Overseer, `On the Death of Labben.' --A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

1 I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.

2I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

2I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.

2I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

3When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

3In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

3When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

4For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

4For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.

5Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

5Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

5You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

6The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

6O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

6You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

7But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

7And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.

7But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

8And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

8And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.

8And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

9Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

9And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

9The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

10They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

10And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

11Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.

11Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,

11Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

12For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

12When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

13Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

13Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

14That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.

14So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.

14So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

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

15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

15The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

16Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. [Higgaion. Selah

16Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

16The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

17The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

17The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

17The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

18For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

18For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

19Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

19Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.

19Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

20Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. [Selah

20Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they <FI>are<Fi> men! Selah.

20Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)