JPS - Psalms - 9

9:1  For the Leader; upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.

9:2  I will give thanks unto HaShem with my whole heart; I will tell of all Thy marvellous works.

9:3  I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High:

9:4  When mine enemies are turned back, they stumble and perish at Thy presence;

9:5  For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.

9:6  Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

9:7  O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.

9:8  But HaShem is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.

9:9  And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.

9:10  HaShem also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;

9:11  And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for thou, HaShem, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.

9:12  Sing praises to HaShem, who dwelleth in Zion; declare among the peoples His doings.

9:13  For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.

9:14  Be gracious unto me, O HaShem, behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

9:15  That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in Thy salvation.

9:16  The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

9:17  HaShem hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

9:18  The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget G-d.

9:19  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

9:20  Arise, O HaShem, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in Thy sight.

9:21  Set terror over them, O HaShem; let the nations know they are but men. Selah