Chapter 9
1 To the chief Musician upon Muth–labben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O Yhwh, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
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2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
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3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
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4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.12
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- maintained…: Heb. made my judgment.
- judging right: Heb. judging in righteousness.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
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6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.1
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- O thou…: or, The destructions of the enemy are come to a perpetual end: and their cities hast thou destroyed, etc.
7 But Yhwh shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
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8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
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9 Yhwh also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.1
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- a refuge: Heb. an high place.
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Yhwh, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
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11 Sing praises to Yhwh, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
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12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.1
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- humble: or, afflicted.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Yhwh; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
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15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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16 Yhwh is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.1
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- Higgaion: that is, Meditation.
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
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18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
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19 Arise, O Yhwh; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
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20 Put them in fear, O Yhwh: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
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