9:1 I WILL praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works {and} wonderful deeds! |
9:2 I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High! |
9:3 When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You. |
9:4 For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously. |
9:5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. |
9:6 The enemy have been cut off {and} have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up {and} overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished {and} vanished. |
9:7 But the Lord shall remain {and} continue forever; He has prepared {and} established His throne for judgment. |
9:8 And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness. |
9:9 The Lord also will be a refuge {and} a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge {and} a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation). |
9:10 And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on {and} confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God's Word and the right of their necessity]. |
9:11 Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion! Declare among the peoples His doings! |
9:12 For He Who avenges the blood [of His people shed unjustly] remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble). |
9:13 Have mercy upon me {and} be gracious {to me,} O Lord; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death, |
9:14 That I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation {and} Your saving help. |
9:15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught. |
9:16 The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion [meditation]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! |
9:17 The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget {or} are forgetful of God. |
9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation {and} hope of the meek {and} the poor shall not perish forever. |
9:19 Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You. |
9:20 Put them in fear [make them realize their frail nature], O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! |