称颂上帝的公义

大卫的诗,交给乐长,调用“慕拉辨”[a]

耶和华啊,
我要全心全意地赞美你,
传扬你一切奇妙的作为。
我要因你欢喜快乐,
至高者啊,我要歌颂你的名。
我的仇敌必在你面前败退,
倒地身亡。
你坐在宝座上按公义审判,
你为我主持公道。
你斥责列国,消灭恶人,
永永远远抹去他们的名字。
仇敌永远灭亡了,
你把他们的城池连根拔起,
无人再记得他们。
耶和华永远掌权,
祂已设立施行审判的宝座。
祂要以公义审判世界,
在万民中伸张正义。
耶和华是受欺压之人的避难所,
是他们患难之时的避风港。
10 耶和华啊,
凡认识你名的人都必信靠你,
因为你从来不丢弃寻求你的人。
11 要歌颂住在锡安的耶和华,
在列邦传扬祂的作为。
12 祂追讨血债,顾念受害者,
不忘倾听受苦者的呼求。
13 耶和华啊,
看看仇敌对我的迫害!
求你怜悯我,
救我离开死亡之门,
14 我好在锡安的城门口称颂你,
因你的拯救而欢乐。
15 列邦挖了陷阱却自陷其中,
设下网罗却缠住自己的脚。
16 耶和华彰显了自己的公义,
使恶人自食其果。(细拉)
17 恶人必下阴间,这是所有忘记上帝之人的结局。
18 贫乏人不会永远被遗忘,
受苦人的希望也不会一直落空。
19 耶和华啊,求你起来,
别让人向你夸胜,
愿你审判列邦。
20 耶和华啊,
求你使列邦恐惧战抖,
让他们明白自己不过是人。(细拉)

Footnotes

  1. 9:0 慕拉辨”希伯来文的意思是“丧子”。

称颂 神公义的审判

大卫的诗,交给诗班长,调用“慕拉宾”。

耶和华啊!我要全心称谢你,

我要述说你一切奇妙的作为。

我要因你快乐欢欣;

至高者啊!我要歌颂你的名。

我的仇敌转身退后的时候,

就在你的面前绊倒、灭亡。

因为你为我伸了冤,辨了屈;

你坐在宝座上,施行公义的审判。

你斥责了列国,灭绝了恶人;

你涂抹了他们的名,直到永永远远。

仇敌的结局到了,他们遭毁灭,

直到永远;

你拆毁他们的城镇,使它们湮没无闻。

耶和华却永远坐着为王,

为了施行审判,他已经设立宝座。

他必以公义审判世界,

按正直判断万民。

耶和华要给受欺压的人作保障,

作患难时的避难所。

10 认识你名的人必倚靠你;

耶和华啊!你从未撇弃寻求你的人。

11 你们要歌颂住在锡安的耶和华,

要在万民中传扬他的作为。

12 因为那追讨流人血的罪的,他记念受苦的人,

他没有忘记他们的哀求。

13 耶和华啊!求你恩待我,

看看那些恨我的人加给我的苦难;

求你把我从死门拉上来,

14 好叫我述说你一切可称颂的事,

并在锡安的城门(“的城门”原文作“女子的门”)因你的救恩欢乐。

15 列国陷入自己挖掘的坑中,

他们的脚在自己暗设的网里缠住了。

16 耶和华已经把自己显明,又施行了审判;

恶人被自己手所作的缠住了。

(希迦庸、细拉)

17 恶人都必归到阴间,

忘记 神的列国都必灭亡。

18 但贫穷的人必不会被永远遗忘,

困苦人的希望也必不会永久落空。

19 耶和华啊!求你起来,不要让世人得胜;

愿列国都在你面前受审判。

20 耶和华啊!求你使他们惊惧,

愿列国都知道自己不过是人。(细拉)

Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Righteous Judgments

To the Chief Musician. To the tune of [a]“Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.

I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
I will be glad and (A)rejoice in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, (B)O Most High.

When my enemies turn back,
They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
You have rebuked the [b]nations,
You have destroyed the wicked;
You have (C)blotted out their name forever and ever.

O enemy, destructions are finished forever!
And you have destroyed cities;
Even their memory has (D)perished.
(E)But the Lord shall endure forever;
He has prepared His throne for judgment.
(F)He shall judge the world in righteousness,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

The Lord also will be a (G)refuge[c] for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
10 And those who (H)know Your name will put their trust in You;
For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion!
(I)Declare His deeds among the people.
12 (J)When He avenges blood, He remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the [d]humble.

13 Have mercy on me, O Lord!
Consider my trouble from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may tell of all Your praise
In the gates of [e]the daughter of Zion.
I will (K)rejoice in Your salvation.

15 (L)The [f]nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
16 The Lord is (M)known by the judgment He executes;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
(N)Meditation.[g] Selah

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the [h]nations (O)that forget God.
18 (P)For the needy shall not always be forgotten;
(Q)The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

19 Arise, O Lord,
Do not let man prevail;
Let the [i]nations be judged in Your sight.
20 Put them in fear, O Lord,
That the [j]nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Heb. Muth Labben
  2. Psalm 9:5 Gentiles
  3. Psalm 9:9 Lit. secure height
  4. Psalm 9:12 afflicted
  5. Psalm 9:14 Jerusalem
  6. Psalm 9:15 Gentiles
  7. Psalm 9:16 Heb. Higgaion
  8. Psalm 9:17 Gentiles
  9. Psalm 9:19 Gentiles
  10. Psalm 9:20 Gentiles

Psalm 9[a][b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;(A)
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.(B)
I will be glad and rejoice(C) in you;
    I will sing the praises(D) of your name,(E) O Most High.

My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
For you have upheld my right(F) and my cause,(G)
    sitting enthroned(H) as the righteous judge.(I)
You have rebuked the nations(J) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name(K) for ever and ever.
Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;(L)
    even the memory of them(M) has perished.

The Lord reigns forever;(N)
    he has established his throne(O) for judgment.
He rules the world in righteousness(P)
    and judges the peoples with equity.(Q)
The Lord is a refuge(R) for the oppressed,(S)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.(T)
10 Those who know your name(U) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken(V) those who seek you.(W)

11 Sing the praises(X) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;(Y)
    proclaim among the nations(Z) what he has done.(AA)
12 For he who avenges blood(AB) remembers;
    he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.(AC)

13 Lord, see how my enemies(AD) persecute me!
    Have mercy(AE) and lift me up from the gates of death,(AF)
14 that I may declare your praises(AG)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,(AH)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.(AI)

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;(AJ)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.(AK)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[c](AL)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,(AM)
    all the nations that forget God.(AN)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope(AO) of the afflicted(AP) will never perish.

19 Arise,(AQ) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;(AR)
    let the nations be judged(AS) in your presence.
20 Strike them with terror,(AT) Lord;
    let the nations know they are only mortal.(AU)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.
  3. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.