Psalms 9

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Unto the end. For the secrets of the Son. A Psalm of David.	1 Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.
2 I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.	2 I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.
3 I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.	3 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
4 For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.	4 When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
5 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.	5 For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
6 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.	6 Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
7 The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise.	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 But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.	8 but the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
9 And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.	9 and he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
10 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.	10 And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
11 And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.	11 And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
12 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.	12 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
13 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.	13 For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
14 Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.	14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
15 You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.	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 I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.	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 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands.	17 The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
18 The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.	18 The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.
19 For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.	19 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
20 Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.	20 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
21 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men.	21 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
22 So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away? Why have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?
23 While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise.
24 For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed.
25 The sinner has provoked the Lord; according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.
26 God is not before his sight. His ways are stained at all times. Your judgments are removed from his face. He will be master of all his enemies.
27 For he has said in his heart, “I will not be disturbed: from generation to generation without evil.”
28 His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit. Under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.
29 He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent.
30 His eyes catch sight of the poor. He lies in ambush, in hiding like a lion in his den. He lies in ambush, so that he may seize the poor, to seize the poor as he draws him in.
31 With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.
32 For he has said in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.”
33 O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor.
34 How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, “He will not inquire.”
35 You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow, so that you may deliver them into your hands. The poor one has been abandoned to you. You will be a helper to the orphan.
36 Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found.
37 The Lord shall reign in eternity, even forever and ever. You will perish the Gentiles from his land.
38 The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor. Your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,
39 so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth.