Psalms · Young's Literal Translation
Psalm 9 Young's Literal Translation
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' — A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,
1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2 I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.
4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5 Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.
5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.
6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.
7 But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.
8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9 And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
10 They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.
10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12 For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
14 So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.
14 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16 Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
17 The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.
17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
18 For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19 Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.
19 Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20 Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.
20 Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 86:12; 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 145:1–3; Psalm 103:1–2
- 2 Psalm 83:18; Psalm 5:11; Psalm 7:17; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 97:9
- 3 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 20:11; Revelation 6:12–17; Psalm 76:7; Psalm 80:16
- 4 Psalm 140:12; 1 Peter 2:23; Psalm 98:9; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 47:8
- 5 Proverbs 10:7; Revelation 19:15; Malachi 4:3; Deuteronomy 9:14; Proverbs 13:9
- 6 Exodus 14:13; Isaiah 14:22–23; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Micah 7:8; Nahum 1:9–13
- 7 Psalm 103:19; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 20:11; Psalm 89:14; Psalm 102:12
- 8 Psalm 96:13; Revelation 20:12–13; Psalm 98:9; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16
- 9 Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 91:1–2; Nahum 1:7; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 46:1
- 10 Psalm 91:14; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 26:3–4; Psalm 105:3–4; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10
- 11 Psalm 107:22; Psalm 96:1–2; Psalm 148:1–5; Psalm 66:2; Isaiah 12:4–6
- 12 Psalm 34:6; Exodus 3:7; Revelation 16:6; Genesis 9:5; Revelation 6:9–10
- 13 Psalm 30:3; Psalm 86:13; Isaiah 38:10; Psalm 13:3; Psalm 107:18
- 14 Psalm 13:5; Psalm 35:9; 1 Samuel 2:1; Psalm 51:12; Psalm 20:5
- 15 Psalm 57:6; Psalm 35:8; Psalm 7:15–16; Proverbs 5:22; Proverbs 22:8
- 16 Exodus 7:5; Proverbs 12:13; Exodus 14:31; Psalm 83:17–18; Joshua 2:10–11
- 17 Psalm 50:22; Revelation 21:8; Romans 2:8–9; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9; Job 8:13
- 18 Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14; James 2:5; Luke 6:20
- 19 Psalm 3:7; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 149:7; Psalm 74:22–23
- 20 Isaiah 31:3; Jeremiah 32:40; Psalm 62:9; Psalm 82:6–7; Psalm 76:12
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The inscription of this Psalm is, "To the end for the hidden things of the Son, a Psalm of David himself." As to the hidden things of the Son there may be a question: but since he has not added whose, the very only-begotten Son of God should be understood.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… all things predicted by the Lord, and who in this respect strive to follow the footprints of the Lord's passion, having become martyrs of the suffering One; these we do also enrol with the martyrs themselves. For, when inquisition shall be made for their blood, and they shall attain to glory, then all shall be confounded by Christ, who have …
Love lifts us up thither, and Thy good Spirit lifteth our lowliness from the gates of death. In Thy good pleasure lies our peace.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… shall exist in that most imperturbable security of perpetual and blissful delights, then the expression, "The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever," must be taken in the same sense as that other, "The patience of the poor shall not perish for ever." For patience, which is necessary only where ills are to be borne, shall not be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"All men are liars." We have chanted, "Arise, Lord; let not man prevail." What is, "let not man prevail"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)