9:1 | | <To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David.> I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works. |
9:2 | | I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High. |
9:3 | | When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you. |
9:4 | | For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness. |
9:5 | | You 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. |
9:6 | | You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever. |
9:7 | | But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging. |
9:8 | | And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples. |
9:9 | | The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble; |
9:10 | | And 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. |
9:11 | | Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people. |
9:12 | | When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor. |
9:13 | | Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death; |
9:14 | | So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation. |
9:15 | | The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken. |
9:16 | | The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.) |
9:17 | | The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld. |
9:18 | | For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever. |
9:19 | | Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you. |
9:20 | | Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.) |