9:1 To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy wonderful deeds.
9:1 To the leader: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

9:2 I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High.
9:2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

9:3 When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee.
9:3 When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before you.

9:4 For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
9:4 For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

9:5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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 vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
9:6 The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities you have rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

9:7 But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;
9:7 But the LORD sits enthroned forever, he has established his throne for judgment.

9:8 and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.
9:8 He judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with equity.

9:9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
9:9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

9:10 And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.
9:10 And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion. Declare his deeds among the peoples.

9:12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
9:12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

9:13 Be gracious to me, O LORD! Behold what I suffer from those who hate me, O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
9:13 Be gracious to me, O LORD. See what I suffer from those who hate me; you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,

9:14 that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance.
9:14 so that I may recount all your praises, and, in the gates of daughter Zion, rejoice in your deliverance.

9:15 The nations have sunk in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught.
9:15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.

9:16 The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [Higgaion. Selah]
9:16 The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

9:17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
9:17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

9:19 Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before thee!
9:19 Rise up, O LORD! Do not let mortals prevail; let the nations be judged before you.

9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah]
9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD; let the nations know that they are only human. Selah