The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Psalms 009
For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death
of the Son.” A Psalm by David.
1 I will give thanks to Yahweh with my
whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For you have maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which
you have overthrown has perished.
7 But Yahweh reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the
peoples in uprightness.
9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the
oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name will put
their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken
those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in
Zion, and declare among the people what he
has done.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers
them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh.
See my affliction by those who hate
me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may show all of your praise.
I will rejoice in your salvation in the
gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit
that they made. In the net which they hid, their own
foot is taken.
16 Yahweh has made himself known.
He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of
his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned back to
Sheol,† even all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail.
Letthe nations be judged in your sight.
20 Put them in fear, Yahweh.
Let the nations know that they are
only men. Selah.