# Psalm 9 ## Psalm 9:1 - [KJV] I will praise *thee*, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. - [ASV] I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works. - [YLT] I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders, ### Notes on Psalm 9:1 - ## Psalm 9:2 - [KJV] I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. - [ASV] I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High. - [YLT] I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High. ### Notes on Psalm 9:2 - ## Psalm 9:3 - [KJV] When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. - [ASV] When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence. - [YLT] In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face. ### Notes on Psalm 9:3 - ## Psalm 9:4 - [KJV] For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. - [ASV] For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously. - [YLT] For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness. ### Notes on Psalm 9:4 - ## Psalm 9:5 - [KJV] Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. - [ASV] Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. - [YLT] Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever. ### Notes on Psalm 9:5 - ## Psalm 9:6 - [KJV] O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. - [ASV] The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished. - [YLT] O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them. ### Notes on Psalm 9:6 - ## Psalm 9:7 - [KJV] But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. - [ASV] But Jehovah sitteth *as king* for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment; - [YLT] And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne. ### Notes on Psalm 9:7 - ## Psalm 9:8 - [KJV] And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. - [ASV] And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness. - [YLT] And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness. ### Notes on Psalm 9:8 - ## Psalm 9:9 - [KJV] The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. - [ASV] Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble; - [YLT] And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity. ### Notes on Psalm 9:9 - ## Psalm 9:10 - [KJV] And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. - [ASV] And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. - [YLT] They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah. ### Notes on Psalm 9:10 - ## Psalm 9:11 - [KJV] Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. - [ASV] Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings. - [YLT] Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts, ### Notes on Psalm 9:11 - ## Psalm 9:12 - [KJV] When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. - [ASV] For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor. - [YLT] For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted. ### Notes on Psalm 9:12 - ## Psalm 9:13 - [KJV] Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble *which I suffer* of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: - [ASV] 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; - [YLT] Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death, ### Notes on Psalm 9:13 - ## Psalm 9:14 - [KJV] That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. - [ASV] That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation. - [YLT] So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation. ### Notes on Psalm 9:14 - ## Psalm 9:15 - [KJV] The heathen are sunk down in the pit *that* they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. - [ASV] The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken. - [YLT] Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured. ### Notes on Psalm 9:15 - ## Psalm 9:16 - [KJV] The LORD is known *by* the judgment *which* he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. - [ASV] Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah - [YLT] Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 9:16 - ## Psalm 9:17 - [KJV] The wicked shall be turned into hell, *and* all the nations that forget God. - [ASV] The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God. - [YLT] The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. ### Notes on Psalm 9:17 - ## Psalm 9:18 - [KJV] For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall *not* perish for ever. - [ASV] For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever. - [YLT] For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age. ### Notes on Psalm 9:18 - ## Psalm 9:19 - [KJV] Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. - [ASV] Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight. - [YLT] Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face. ### Notes on Psalm 9:19 - ## Psalm 9:20 - [KJV] Put them in fear, O LORD: *that* the nations may know themselves *to be but* men. Selah. - [ASV] Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. *Selah* - [YLT] Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they *are* men! Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 9:20 -