For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.
I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart;
I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
I will be glad and exult in thee;
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou {Or, Most High; Because mine &c.}Most High.
When mine enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish at thy presence.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;
Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
Thou hast rebuked the {Or, heathen}nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked;
Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
{Or, O thou enemy, desolations are come to a perpetual end}The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever;
{Or, And their cities thou hast overthrown.}And the cities which thou hast {Hebrew: plucked up}overthrown,
The very remembrance of them is perished.
But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever:
He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
And he will judge the world in righteousness,
He will minister judgment to the {Or, people}peoples in uprightness.
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed,
A high tower in times of trouble;
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee;
For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion:
Declare among the {Or, peoples}people his doings.
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them;
He forgetteth not the cry of the {Or, meek}poor.
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah;
Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me,
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
That I may show forth all thy praise.
In the gates of the daughter of Zion
I will rejoice in thy {Or, saving help}salvation.
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made:
In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment:
{Or, He snareth the wicked}The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
[Higgaion. Selah.
The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol,
Even all the nations that forget God.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten,
Nor the expectation of the {Or, meek}poor perish for ever.
Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail:
Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Put them in fear, O Jehovah:
Let the nations know themselves to be but men.
[Selah.
Querverweise zu Psalm 9,18 Ps 9,18
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them;He forgetteth not the cry of the {Or, meek}poor.
For surely there is a {Or, sequel Or, future Hebrew: latter end.}reward;And thy hope shall not be cut off.
Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy,Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul;If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward,And thy hope shall not be cut off.
He will judge the poor of the people,He will save the children of the needy,And will break in pieces the oppressor.
For he will deliver the needy when he crieth,And the poor, {Or, and he that hath}that hath no helper.
He will have pity on the {Or, weak}poor and needy,And the souls of the needy he will save.
He will redeem their soul from {Or, fraud}oppression and violence;And precious will their blood be in his sight:
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute,And hath not despised their prayer.
To hear the sighing of the prisoner;To loose {Hebrew: the children of death.}those that are appointed to death;
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,To save him from them that judge his soul.
The hungry he hath filled with good things;And the rich he hath sent empty away.
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?