Psalm 9:1-Psalm 11:1 - Celebration Of God's Justice

¹ I will thank Yahweh with all my heart. I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. ² I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing [the praise of] your name, O Most High.

³ When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish because of your presence. ⁴ For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on [the] throne judging correctly. ⁵ You have rebuked [the] nations; you have destroyed [the] wicked. Their name you have blotted out forever and ever. ⁶ The enemies are destroyed [in] ruins forever, and you have uprooted [their] cities; their very memory has perished.

⁷ But Yahweh sits [enthroned] forever. He has established his throne for judgment. ⁸ And he will judge [the] world with righteousness. He will judge [the] peoples with equity. ⁹ And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress. ¹⁰ And those who know your name will trust in you, for you do not forsake those [who] seek you, O Yahweh.

¹¹ Sing [praises] to Yahweh [who] sits [enthroned] in Zion. Tell his deeds among the peoples, ¹² for he [who] {avenges bloodshed} remembers them. He does not forget the distressed cry of [the] afflicted.

¹³ Be gracious to me, O Yahweh. See my suffering from [those who] hate me, [you who] lift me up from the gates of death, ¹⁴ so that I may tell of all your praises. In the gates of the daughter of Zion let me rejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵ [The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid. ¹⁶ Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his hands. Higgaion Selah

¹⁷ [The] wicked shall turn back to Sheol, all [the] nations forgetting God, ¹⁸ for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.

¹⁹ Rise up, O Yahweh, let not humans prevail; let [the] nations be judged before you. ²⁰ O Yahweh, put them in fear. Let [the] nations know they [are merely] human. Selah

¹ Why, O Yahweh, do you stand far off? [Why] do you hide during times of distress? ² In arrogance [the] wicked persecutes [the] poor. Let them be caught in [the] schemes that they devised,

³ for [the] wicked boasts about the desire of his {heart}, and [the] one greedy for gain curses [and] treats Yahweh with contempt. ⁴ {With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts. ⁵ His ways endure at all times. Your judgments are aloof from him. [As for] all his enemies, he scoffs at them. ⁶ He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble." ⁷ His mouth is filled with cursing, with deceits and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and evil. ⁸ He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless. ⁹ He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net. ¹⁰ He is crushed; he is bowed down; so the helpless host falls by his {might}. ¹¹ He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He never sees."

¹² Rise up, O Yahweh; O God, lift up your hand. Do not forget [the] afflicted. ¹³ Why does the wicked treat God with contempt? He says in his heart, "You will not call [me] to account." ¹⁴ [But] you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief to take [it] into your hand. The helpless abandons [himself] upon you; you have been [the] helper [for the] orphan. ¹⁵ Break [the] arm of [the] wicked, and [as for the] evil [man]-- seek out his wickedness [until] you find none.

¹⁶ Yahweh [is] king forever and ever; the nations have perished from his land. ¹⁷ [The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively} ¹⁸ to render judgment [for the] fatherless and [the] oppressed [so that] a [mere] mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.

¹ In Yahweh I have taken refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee to your mountain [like] a bird"?