Psalms 9

1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.⋮

2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.⋮

3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.⋮

4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.⋮

5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.⋮

6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.⋮

7 But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.⋮

8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.⋮

9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.⋮

10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.⋮

11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.⋮

12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.⋮

13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,⋮

14 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.⋮

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

16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.⋮

17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.⋮

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.⋮

19 Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.⋮

20 Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.⋮