A Psalm of David, to the chief Musician upon Muth-Labben |
Psalm 9:1-20 Book# 1 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart. I will [tell of] all Your marvelous works. I will be glad & rejoice in You. I will sing praise to Your Name, O You, Most High. |
When [my] enemies [have] turned back, they shall fall & perish [in] Your presence. For You have [preserved] my [rights] & my cause. You sat [on] the throne judging, [what was] right. |
You [chastised] the heathen & You have destroyed the wicked. You have [extinguished] their name for ever & ever. O enemy, [your destruction] & cities you have destroyed [have] come to a [total] end. |
Their [memory] has perished with them. But the Lord shall endure forever. He has prepared His throne for judgment. And He shall judge the world in righteousness & He shall [administer justice] to the people [honestly.] |
[Psalm 98:9 Before the Lord; for He comes to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness & the people with equity.] Also, the Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. [Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge & strength, a very present help in trouble.] |
And [those who] know Your Name will put their trust in You. For You, Lord, haven't [abandoned those who] seek You. Sing praises to the Lord, [Who] dwells in Zion. |
Declare among the people His [actions.] When [God interrogates about bloodshed,] He remembers them. He [doesn't] forget the cry of the humble. [Genesis 9:6 [Whoever] sheds man's blood, by man, his blood shall be shed. For in the image of God, He made man.] |
Have mercy on me, O Lord & consider my trouble which I suffer, [because] of [those who] hate me. You, [Who] lifts me up from the gates of death: [so] I may [tell of] all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion [a.k.a. Jerusalem.] |
I will rejoice in Your salvation. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made. Their own foot is [caught] in the net which they hid. The Lord is known by the judgment which He executes. |
The wicked [are] snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion [a.k.a. song or meditation.] Selah. The wicked & all the nations that forget God shall be turned into hell. For the needy shall not [always] be forgotten. |
The [hope] of the poor shall not perish forever. Arise, O Lord & [don't] let man prevail. Let the heathen be judged in Your sight. Put them in fear, O Lord; [so] that the nations know [they are only] men. Selah. |