Psalm 9

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν κρυφίων τοῦ υἱοῦ· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυΐδ.

1 For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son. I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all your wonderful works.

2 ΕΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΗΣΟΜΑΙ σοι, Κύριε, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, διηγήσομαι πάντα τὰ θαυμάσιά σου·

2 In the English, this verse is part of verse 1.

3 εὐφρανθήσομαι καὶ ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐν σοί, ψαλῶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου, ¨Υψιστε.

3 I will be glad and exult in you: I will sing to your name, O you Most High. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

4 ἐν τῷ ἀποστραφῆναι τὸν ἐχθρόν μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ἀσθενήσουσι καὶ ἀπολοῦνται ἀπὸ προσώπου σου,

4 When my enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at your presence. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

5 ὅτι ἐποίησας τὴν κρίσιν μου καὶ τὴν δίκην μου, ἐκάθισας ἐπὶ θρόνου ὁ κρίνων δικαιοσύνην.

5 For you have maintained my cause and my right; you sat on the throne, that judge righteousness. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

6 ἐπετίμησας ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἀπώλετο ὁ ἀσεβής· τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐξήλειψας εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.

6 You have rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; you have blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

7 τοῦ ἐχθροῦ ἐξέλιπον αἱ ρομφαῖαι εἰς τέλος, καὶ πόλεις καθεῖλες· ἀπώλετο τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ ἤχου,

7 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and you have destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise, (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

8 καὶ ὁ Κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μένει. ἡτοίμασεν ἐν κρίσει τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ,

8 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgement. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

9 καὶ αὐτὸς κρινεῖ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, κρινεῖ λαοὺς ἐν εὐθύτητι.

9 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

10 καὶ ἐγένετο Κύριος καταφυγὴ τῷ πένητι, βοηθὸς ἐν εὐκαιρίαις ἐν θλίψεσι·

10 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

11 καὶ ἐλπισάτωσαν ἐπὶ σοὶ οἱ γινώσκοντες τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπες τοὺς ἐκζητοῦντάς σε, Κύριε.

11 And let them that know your name hope in you: for you, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek you. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

12 ψάλατε τῷ Κυρίῳ, τῷ κατοικοῦντι ἐν Σιών, ἀναγγείλατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα αὐτοῦ,

12 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings amongst the nations. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

13 ὅτι ἐκζητῶν τὰ αἵματα αὐτῶν ἐμνήσθη, οὐκ ἐπελάθετο τῆς κραυγῆς τῶν πενήτων.

13 For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)

14 ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, ἴδε τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου, ὁ ὑψῶν με ἐκ τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ θανάτου,

14 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of my enemies, you that lift me up from the gates of death: (verse 13 in Brenton's English)

15 ὅπως ἂν ἐξαγγείλω πάσας τὰς αἰνέσεις σου ἐν ταῖς πύλαις τῆς θυγατρὸς Σιών. ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ σωτηρίῳ σου.

15 that I may declare all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in your salvation. (verse 14 in Brenton's English)

16 ἐνεπάγησαν ἔθνη ἐν διαφθορᾷ, ᾗ ἐποίησαν, ἐν παγίδι ταύτῃ, ᾗ ἔκρυψαν, συνελήφθη ὁ ποὺς αὐτῶν.

16 The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken. (verse 15 in Brenton's English)

17 γινώσκεται Κύριος κρίματα ποιῶν, ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ συνελήφθη ὁ ἁμαρτωλός. (ᾠδὴ διαψάλματος).

17 The Lord is known as executing judgements: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause. (verse 16 in Brenton's English)

18 ἀποστραφήτωσαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ εἰς τὸν ᾅδην, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐπιλανθανόμενα τοῦ Θεοῦ,

18 Let sinners be driven away into Hades, [even] all the nations that forget God. (verse 17 in Brenton's English)

19 ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τέλος ἐπιλησθήσεται ὁ πτωχός, ἡ ὑπομονὴ τῶν πενήτων οὐκ ἀπολεῖται εἰς τέλος.

19 For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever. (verse 18 in Brenton's English)

20 ἀνάστηθι, Κύριε, μὴ κραταιούσθω ἄνθρωπος, κριθήτωσαν ἔθνη ἐνώπιόν σου.

20 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before you. (verse 19 in Brenton's English)

21 κατάστησον, Κύριε, νομοθέτην ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς, γνώτωσαν ἔθνη ὅτι ἄνθρωποί εἰσιν. (διάψαλμα).

21 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause. (Psalm 9a) (verse 20 in Brenton's English)

22 Ἱνατί, Κύριε, ἀφέστηκας μακρόθεν, ὑπερορᾷς ἐν εὐκαιρίαις ἐν θλίψεσιν;

22 Why stand you afar off, O Lord? [why] do you overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction? (verse 21 in Brenton's English)

23 ἐν τῷ ὑπερηφανεύεσθαι τὸν ἀσεβῆ ἐμπυρίζεται ὁ πτωχός, συλλαμβάνονται ἐν διαβουλίοις, οἷς διαλογίζονται.

23 While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine. (verse 22 in Brenton's English)

24 ὅτι ἐπαινεῖται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἀδικῶν ἐνευλογεῖται·

24 Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself. (verse 23 in Brenton's English)

25 παρώξυνε τὸν Κύριον ὁ ἁμαρτωλός· κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐκζητήσει· οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Θεὸς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.

25 The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him. (verse 24 in Brenton's English)

26 βεβηλοῦνται αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ, ἀνταναιρεῖται τὰ κρίματά σου ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, πάντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ κατακυριεύσει·

26 His ways are profane at all times; your judgements are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies. (verse 25 in Brenton's English)

27 εἶπε γὰρ ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· οὐ μὴ σαλευθῶ, ἀπὸ γενεᾶς εἰς γενεὰν ἄνευ κακοῦ.

27 For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation. (verse 26 in Brenton's English)

28 οὗ ἀρᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ γέμει καὶ πικρίας καὶ δόλου, ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ κόπος καὶ πόνος.

28 Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain. (verse 27 in Brenton's English)

29 ἐγκάθηται ἐνέδρᾳ μετὰ πλουσίων, ἐν ἀποκρύφοις τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι ἀθῷον· οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν πένητα ἀποβλέπουσιν·

29 He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor. (verse 28 in Brenton's English)

30 ἐνεδρεύει ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ ὡς λέων ἐν τῇ μάνδρᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἐνεδρεύει τοῦ ἁρπάσαι πτωχόν, ἁρπάσαι πτωχὸν ἐν τῷ ἑλκύσαι αὐτόν·

30 He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare. (verse 29 in Brenton's English)

31 ἐν τῇ παγίδι αὐτοῦ ταπεινώσει αὐτόν, κύψει καὶ πεσεῖται ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν κατακυριεῦσαι τῶν πενήτων.

31 He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor. (verse 30 in Brenton's English)

32 εἶπε γὰρ ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· ἐπιλέλησται ὁ Θεός, ἀπέστρεψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν εἰς τέλος.

32 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look. (verse 31 in Brenton's English)

33 ἀνάστηθι, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, ὑψωθήτω ἡ χείρ σου, μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τῶν πενήτων.

33 Arise, O Lord God; let your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor. (verse 32 in Brenton's English)

34 ἕνεκεν τίνος παρώργισεν ὁ ἀσεβὴς τὸν Θεόν; εἶπε γὰρ ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· οὐκ ἐκζητήσει.

34 Therefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it]. (verse 33 in Brenton's English)

35 βλέπεις, ὅτι σὺ πόνον καὶ θυμὸν κατανοεῖς τοῦ παραδοῦναι αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖράς σου· σοὶ ἐγκαταλέλειπται ὁ πτωχός, ὀρφανῷ σὺ ᾖσθα βοηθός.

35 You see [it]; for you do observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into your hands: the poor has been left to you; you were a helper to the orphan. (verse 34 in Brenton's English)

36 σύντριψον τὸν βραχίονα τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ, ζητηθήσεται ἡ ἁμαρτία αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ.

36 Break you the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found. (verse 35 in Brenton's English)

37 βασιλεύσει Κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος, ἀπολεῖσθε ἔθνη ἐκ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ.

37 The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: you⌃ Gentiles shall perish out his land. (verse 36 in Brenton's English)

38 τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τῶν πενήτων εἰσήκουσε Κύριος, τὴν ἑτοιμασίαν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν προσέσχε τὸ οὖς σου

38 The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart; (verse 37 in Brenton's English)

39 κρῖναι ὀρφανῷ καὶ ταπεινῷ, ἵνα μὴ προσθῇ ἔτι μεγαλαυχεῖν ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

39 to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth. (verse 38 in Brenton's English)