Psalms 9

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.	1 [For the choirmaster On oboe and harp Psalm Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with my whole heart, Irecount al your wonders,
2 I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.	2 I rejoice and delight in you, I sing to your name, Most High.
3 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.	3 My enemies are in retreat, they stumble and perish at your presence,
4 When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.	4 for you have given fair judgement in my favour, seated on your throne as upright judge.
5 For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.	5 You have rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked, blotted out their name for ever and ever;
6 Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted 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,
7 The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise.	7 Yahweh is enthroned for ever, keeping his throne firm for judgement;
8 but the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:	8 he wil himself judge the world in uprightness, wil give a true verdict on the nations.
9 and he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.	9 May Yahweh be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble!
10 And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.	10 Those who revere your name can rely on you, you never desert those who seek you, Yahweh.
11 And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.	11 Sing to Yahweh who dwel s in Zion, tel the nations his mighty deeds,
12 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:	12 for the avenger of blood does not forget them, he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
13 For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.	13 Have pity on me, Yahweh, see my affliction, pull me back from the gates of death,
14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.	14 that I may recount al your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion and rejoice in your salvation.
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.	15 The nations have fal en into the trap they made, their feet caught in the snare they laid.
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.	16 Yahweh has made himself known, given judgement, he has ensnared the wicked in the work of theirown hands.Muted music Pause
17 The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.	17 May the wicked turn away to Sheol, al the nations forgetful of God.
18 The wicked shall be turned into hell, 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.
19 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.	19 Arise, Yahweh; human strength shal not prevail. The nations shal stand trial before you.
20 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.	20 Strike them with terror, Yahweh; the nations shall know that they are no more than human!Pause
21 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.