Psalms Chapter 9
For the Choir Director. A Psalm of David
Set to the tune of “Death of the Son”
1 I’ll thank you, Yahveh, with all my heart
and call attention to the amazing things you’ve done.
2 I’ll gladly celebrate over you
and sing your praise, Most High.
3 When my enemies retreated,
they staggered and died in front of you
4because you judged in my favor;
you sat on your throne and judged justly.
5 You’ve rebuked the nations,
destroyed the wicked,
and blotted out their names forever.
6 Your enemies have ended up in permanent ruins;
you’ve uprooted their towns;
the very memory of them is gone.
Ps 9:1-6
7 But Yahveh reigns as king forever,
rendering judgment from his throne.
8 He judges the world justly,
delivers verdicts evenhandedly,
9a stronghold for oppressed people,
a fortress in troubled times,
10trusted by those who know him
because he doesn’t abandon the ones who depend on him.
Ps 9:7-10
11 Sing praises to Yahveh that lives in Zion;
tell what all he’s done.
12 He that avenges murder remembers the helpless;
he doesn’t forget the cries of those who suffer.
13 Be gracious to me, Yahveh;
look at how those who hate me treat me.
Lift me up from death
14so I can publicly praise you
and celebrate in Zion’s gates over your deliverance.
15The nations fall into the pit they dig
and catch their feet in the net they hide.
16 Yahveh makes himself known
for carrying out judgment.
Sinners snare themselves in their own traps.
Ps 9:11-16
[Higgaion]
17 The sinful go down to Sheol;
so does every nation that forgets God.
18 Needy people won’t be overlooked forever;
the hopes of the depressed won’t perish.
19 Don’t let people prevail, Yahveh;
judge the nations.
20 Put them in fear;
remind them that they’re mere mortals. Ps 9:17-20