Psalms 9

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 [For the choirmaster On oboe and harp Psalm Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with my whole heart, Irecount al your wonders,	1 Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.
2 I rejoice and delight in you, I sing to your name, Most High.	2 I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.
3 My enemies are in retreat, they stumble and perish at your presence,	3 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
4 for you have given fair judgement in my favour, seated on your throne as upright judge.	4 When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
5 You have rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked, blotted out their name for ever and ever;	5 For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
6 the enemy is wiped out -- mere ruins for ever -- you have annihilated their cities, their memory hasperished. See,	6 Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
7 Yahweh is enthroned for ever, keeping his throne firm for judgement;	7 The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise.
8 he wil himself judge the world in uprightness, wil give a true verdict on the nations.	8 but the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
9 May Yahweh be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble!	9 and he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
10 Those who revere your name can rely on you, you never desert those who seek you, Yahweh.	10 And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
11 Sing to Yahweh who dwel s in Zion, tel the nations his mighty deeds,	11 And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
12 for the avenger of blood does not forget them, he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.	12 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
13 Have pity on me, Yahweh, see my affliction, pull me back from the gates of death,	13 For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
14 that I may recount al your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion and rejoice in your salvation.	14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
15 The nations have fal en into the trap they made, their feet caught in the snare they laid.	15 Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
16 Yahweh has made himself known, given judgement, he has ensnared the wicked in the work of theirown hands.Muted music Pause	16 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they have prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
17 May the wicked turn away to Sheol, al the nations forgetful of God.	17 The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
18 For the needy is not forgotten for ever, not for ever does the hope of the poor come to nothing.	18 The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.
19 Arise, Yahweh; human strength shal not prevail. The nations shal stand trial before you.	19 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
20 Strike them with terror, Yahweh; the nations shall know that they are no more than human!Pause	20 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
	21 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.