[1] To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David. [2] \9:1\I
will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the
wonder of your works. [3] \9:2\I will be glad and have delight in you: I
will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High. [4] \9:3\When my
haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you. [5]
\9:4\For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in
your high place judging in righteousness. [6] \9:5\You have said sharp
words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have
put an end to their name for ever and ever. [7] \9:6\You have given their
towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste
for ever. [8] \9:7\But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his
high seat for judging. [9] \9:8\And he will be the judge of the world in
righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples. [10] \9:9\The Lord
will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times
of trouble; [11] \9:10\And those who have knowledge of your name will put
their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those
who were waiting for you. [12] \9:11\Make songs of praise to the Lord,
whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people. [13]
\9:12\When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not
without thought for the cry of the poor. [14] \9:13\Have mercy on me, O
Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the
doors of death; [15] \9:14\So that I may make clear all your praise in the
house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
[16] \9:15\The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in
their secret net is their foot taken. [17] \9:16\The Lord has given
knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net
which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.) [18] \9:17\The sinners and all
the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.
[19] \9:18\For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in
need will not be crushed for ever. [20] \9:19\Up! O Lord; let not man
overcome you: let the nations be judged before you. [21] \9:20\Put them in
fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)