Psalms 9

¹Unto the end. For the secrets of the Son. A Psalm of David.

²I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.

³I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.

⁴For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.

⁵For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.

⁶You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.

⁷The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise.

⁸But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.

⁹And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.

¹⁰And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.

¹¹And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.

¹²Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.

¹³Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.

¹⁴Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.

¹⁵You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.

¹⁶I 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.

¹⁷The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. Pause

¹⁸The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.

¹⁹For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.

²⁰Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.

²¹O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men. Pause

²²So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away? Why have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?

²³While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise.

²⁴For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed.

²⁵The sinner has provoked the Lord; according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.

²⁶God 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.

²⁷For he has said in his heart, “I will not be disturbed: from generation to generation without evil.”

²⁸His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit. Under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.

²⁹He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent.

³⁰His 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.

³¹With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.

³²For he has said in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.”

³³O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor.

³⁴How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, “He will not inquire.”

³⁵You 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.

³⁶Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found.

³⁷The Lord shall reign in eternity, even forever and ever. You will perish the Gentiles from his land.

³⁸The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor. Your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,

³⁹so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth.

Psalms 9

¹Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.

²I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.

³I will be glad, and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.

⁴When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and perish before thy face.

⁵For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.

⁶Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

⁷The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise:

⁸But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:

⁹And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.

¹⁰And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.

¹¹And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.

¹²Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

¹³For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.

¹⁴Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.

¹⁵Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

¹⁶I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.

¹⁷The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

¹⁸The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.

¹⁹For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.

²⁰Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.

²¹Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.

²²Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?

²³Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

²⁴For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.

²⁵The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:

²⁶God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.

²⁷For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.

²⁸His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labor and sorrow.

²⁹He sits in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.

³⁰His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

³¹In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.

³²For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.

³³Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.

³⁴Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.

³⁵Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

³⁶Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

³⁷The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.

³⁸The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

³⁹To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.