To the director; upon Muth-labʹben. A melody of David.
א [Aleph]
9 I will praise you, O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}, with all my heart;
I will tell about all your wonderful works.
2 I will rejoice and exult in you;
I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
ב [Beth]
3 When my enemies retreat,
They will stumble and perish from before you.
4 For you defend my just cause;
You sit on your throne judging with righteousness.
ג [Gimel]
5 You have rebuked nations and destroyed the wicked,
Blotting out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy has been ruined forever;
You uprooted their cities,
And all memory of them will perish.
ה [He]
7 But Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} is enthroned forever;
He has firmly established his throne for justice.
8 He will judge the inhabited earth in righteousness;
He will render righteous legal decisions for the nations.
ו [Waw]
9 Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will become a secure refuge for the oppressed,
A secure refuge in times of distress.
10 Those knowing your name will trust in you;
You will never abandon those seeking you, O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}.
ז [Zayin]
11 Sing praises to Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}, who is dwelling in Zion;
Make his deeds known among the peoples.
12 For the One who avenges their blood remembers them;
He will not forget the cry of the afflicted.
ח [Heth]
13 Show me favor, O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}; see my affliction by those hating me,
You who raise me from the gates of death,
14 So that I may declare your praiseworthy deeds in the gates of the daughter of Zion,
And rejoice in your acts of salvation.
ט [Teth]
15 The nations have sunk down into the pit they made;
Their own foot has been caught in the net they hid.
16 Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} is known by the judgment he executes.
The wicked one has been ensnared in the work of his own hands.
י [Yod]
17 The wicked will retreat toward the Grave,
All the nations who forget Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}.
18 But the poor will not always be forgotten;
Nor will the hope of the meek ever perish.
כ [Kaph]
19 Rise up, O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}! Do not let mortal man prevail.
May the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Strike them with fear, O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah},
Let the nations know that they are only mortal men. (Selah)