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Psalms 9

Compare Translations — WEB vs KJV

Bible Compare Psalms 9
Verse 1
WEB

For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

KJV

To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee , O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

Verse 2
WEB

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

KJV

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

Verse 3
WEB

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

KJV

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

Verse 4
WEB

For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

KJV

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

Verse 5
WEB

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

KJV

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

Verse 6
WEB

The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

KJV

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

Verse 7
WEB

But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

KJV

But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

Verse 8
WEB

He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

KJV

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Verse 9
WEB

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

KJV

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Verse 10
WEB

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

KJV

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Verse 11
WEB

Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

KJV

Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

Verse 12
WEB

For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.

KJV

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Verse 13
WEB

Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

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:

Verse 14
WEB

that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

KJV

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Verse 15
WEB

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

KJV

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Verse 16
WEB

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

KJV

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Verse 17
WEB

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

KJV

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Verse 18
WEB

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

KJV

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Verse 19
WEB

Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

KJV

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

Verse 20
WEB

Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

KJV

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.