Psalm 9:1-Psalm 11:1 - Celebration Of God's Justice
1 ([Psalm of David]) I will give thanks to Jehovah with all my heart. I will tell of all your wonders. 2 I will be glad, rejoice and exult in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before you. 4 You have maintained my just cause. You have sat on the throne judging righteously. 5 You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You erased their names forever and ever. 6 The enemy is finished-in ruins forever. You have uprooted their cities. Even the memory of them has faded.
7 Yet, Jehovah lives forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment. 8 He alone judges the world with righteousness. He judges its people fairly. 9 Jehovah is a refuge for the oppressed, a place of safety in times of trouble. 10 Those who know your name, Jehovah, will trust you. You do not abandon anyone who comes to you.
11 Sing praise to Jehovah! He dwells in Zion! Tell every nation what he has done! 12 God remembers those who suffer. He does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.
13 Be merciful to me, O Jehovah! See the sufferings my enemies cause me! Rescue me from death, O Jehovah. 14 Let me stand before the people of Jerusalem and tell them all the things for which I praise you. I will rejoice because you saved me.
15 The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap. 16 Jehovah has revealed himself by his righteous judgments. The wicked are trapped by their deeds.
17 The grave is the destiny of all the wicked, of all those who reject God. 18 Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of meek people be lost forever.
19 Arise, O Jehovah. Do not let mortals gain any power. Let the nations be judged in your presence. 20 Strike them with terror, O Jehovah. Let the nations know that they are only mortal.
1 Why are you so distant, Jehovah? Why do you hide in times of trouble? 2 The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.
3 The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses the covetous, which Jehovah abhors. 4 In his arrogant attitude he does not search for God. His faulty reasoning concludes: There is no God. 5 He always succeeds at what he does. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He scoffs at all his opponents. 6 He says to himself: Nothing can shake me. I will never face trouble. 7 His mouth is full of curses, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue. 8 He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. He searches for victims. 9 He lurks in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people after he draws them into his net. 10 His victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall into the power of the wicked. 11 He says in his heart (to himself): God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!
12 Arise, O Jehovah! Lift your hand, O God. Do not forget oppressed people! 13 Why does the wicked person despise God? Why does he say in his heart: God does not require it? 14 You have seen trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans. 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil person. Pursue his wickedness until you find no more evil.
16 Jehovah is king forever and ever. The nations have vanished from his land. 17 You have heard the desire of humble people, O Jehovah. You encourage them. You incline your ear (pay close attention) to them. 18 You provide justice for orphans and oppressed people so that no man will terrify them again.
1 ([Psalm of David]) I have taken refuge in Jehovah. How can you say to me: Flee to your mountain like a bird?