Psalms 9

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 [For the choirmaster On oboe and harp Psalm Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with my whole heart, Irecount al your wonders,	1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I rejoice and delight in you, I sing to your name, Most High.	2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3 My enemies are in retreat, they stumble and perish at your presence,	3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4 for you have given fair judgement in my favour, seated on your throne as upright judge.	4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
5 You have rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked, blotted out their name for ever and ever;	5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 the enemy is wiped out -- mere ruins for ever -- you have annihilated their cities, their memory hasperished. See,	6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 Yahweh is enthroned for ever, keeping his throne firm for judgement;	7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 he wil himself judge the world in uprightness, wil give a true verdict on the nations.	8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 May Yahweh be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble!	9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who revere your name can rely on you, you never desert those who seek you, Yahweh.	10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing to Yahweh who dwel s in Zion, tel the nations his mighty deeds,	11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 for the avenger of blood does not forget them, he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.	12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13 Have pity on me, Yahweh, see my affliction, pull me back from the gates of death,	13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 that I may recount al your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion and rejoice in your salvation.	14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The nations have fal en into the trap they made, their feet caught in the snare they laid.	15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 Yahweh has made himself known, given judgement, he has ensnared the wicked in the work of theirown hands.Muted music Pause	16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 May the wicked turn away to Sheol, al the nations forgetful of God.	17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy is not forgotten for ever, not for ever does the hope of the poor come to nothing.	18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, Yahweh; human strength shal not prevail. The nations shal stand trial before you.	19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20 Strike them with terror, Yahweh; the nations shall know that they are no more than human!Pause	20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.