Keraia
Wisdom and Poetry

Psalm 9

I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

1For 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.

1For the one directing. According to Muth-Labben. A Psalm of David. I will confess YHWH with all of my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.

2I will be glad and rejoice in You;

I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

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

3When my enemies retreat,

they stumble and perish before You.

3In turning back my enemies they shall stumble and shall perish from Your face.

4For You have upheld my just cause;

You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

4For You have done my justice and my claim; You have sat on the throne, judging with righteousness.

5You have rebuked the nations;

You have destroyed the wicked;

You have erased their name forever and ever.

5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; their name You have wiped out forever and ever.

6The enemy has come to eternal ruin,

and You have uprooted their cities;

the very memory of them has vanished.

6May the enemy be finished in ruins forever, and You have uprooted cities; let their remembrance perish with them!

7But the LORD abides forever;

He has established His throne for judgment.

7And YHWH shall sit forever; He has established His throne for the judgment.

8He judges the world with justice;

He governs the people with equity.

8And He will judge the world in righteousness; He shall make judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,

a stronghold in times of trouble.

9And YHWH will be a secure height for the oppressed, a secure height in times of distress.

10Those who know Your name trust in You,

for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

10And they will put their trust in You—those knowing Your name—for You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.

11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion;

proclaim His deeds among the nations.

11Sing praise to YHWH, the One sitting in Zion; declare His deeds among the peoples.

12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers;

He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

12For the One seeking out the blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13Be merciful to me, O LORD;

see how my enemies afflict me!

Lift me up from the gates of death,

13Show favor to me, O YHWH; see my affliction from those hating me; raise me high from the gates of death,

14that I may declare all Your praises—

that within the gates of Daughter Zion

I may rejoice in Your salvation.

14so that I may recount all Your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.

15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making;

their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

15The nations have sunk down into the pit they have made; in the net that they hid, their foot is caught.

16The LORD is known by the justice He brings;

the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

Higgaion Selah

16YHWH is known by the justice He has done; by the work of his own hands the wicked one is snared. Higgaion Selah

17The wicked will return to Sheol—

all the nations who forget God.

17the wicked shall return to Sheol—all the nations forgetting God.

18For the needy will not always be forgotten;

nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

18For the needy will not be forgotten forever, nor the hope of the poor perish to the end.

19Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail;

let the nations be judged in Your presence.

19Arise, O YHWH! Do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged before Your face.

20Lay terror upon them, O LORD;

let the nations know they are but men.

Selah

20Put fear on them, O YHWH; let the nations know they are mortal. Selah