Psalm 9

	For the director of music. To [the tune of] muth label
	  A Psalm of David.
	
	9:1  I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
	       I will recount all your wonders.
     9:2  I will be glad and rejoice in you;
		 I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 
	9:3 When my enemies turn back, 
		 They stumble and perish before you.
     9:4 For you have defended my just cause, 
		 You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
	9:5 You have rebuked the nations (peoples)
		 You have destroyed the wicked
		 You have wiped out their name forever and ever.
	9:6  The enemy has come to an end to permanent ruins, 
		 And You have uprooted the cities; 
	      The memory of them has perished. 
	9:7 But the LORD sits (rules) forever;
	      He has established his throne for justice. 
	9:8 He judges the inhabited world in righteousness
		 He governs the peoples with equity (justice).
	9:9  The LORD is a stronghold (refuge) for the oppressed
		 A stronghold in times of need. 
     9:10  And those who know your name trust in you.
		   For you, LORD do not forsake those who seek you.
	9:11 Sing praises to the LORD who sits enthroned in Zion;
		   Proclaim among the peoples (nations) his deeds.
	9:12  For he who avenges blood(shed) remembers them;
		    He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
	9:13  Be gracious to me, O LORD; 
		    See my affliction from those who hate me! 
		    You who lift me up from the gates of death,
	9:14  that I may declare your praises (mighty acts)
	         in the gates of the daughter of Zion. 
		    I will rejoice in your deliverance.
	9:15  The nations have sunk down in the pit which they 		    		    have made; 
		    In the net which they hid, their own foot has been 				    caught.
	9:16  The LORD has made Himself known; 
		    He has executed judgment. 
		    In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared.
									      Higgaion. Selah
	9:17  The wicked will turn to Sheol,
		    Even all the nations who forget God. 
	9:18  For the needy are not permanently forgotten,
		    Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
	9:19  Arise, O LORD, do not let man prevail; 
		    Let the nations be judged before you (in your presence).
	9:20  Terrify them, LORD;
		    Let the nations know they are but men.     
													Selah