9HOW BLESSED! [IS ONE] WHO HE WILL SEIZE AND HE WILL SMASH <OBJ.> CHILDREN YOUR TO THE ROCK 9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
1I WILL GIVE THANKS TO YOU WITH ALL HEART MY BEFORE [THE] GODS I WILL SING PRAISES TO YOU 1I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.
2I WILL BOW DOWN TO [THE] TEMPLE OF HOLINESS YOUR SO I MAY GIVE THANKS TO <OBJ.> NAME YOUR ON COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR AND ON FAITHFULNESS YOUR FOR YOU HAVE MADE GREAT OVER ALL NAME YOUR WORD YOUR 2I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
3ON [THE] DAY [WHEN] I CALLED OUT AND YOU ANSWERED ME YOU MADE BOLD ME IN SOUL MY STRENGTH 3On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.*NoteCloseOr You emboldened me with strength in my soul
4THEY WILL GIVE THANKS TO YOU O YAHWEH ALL [THE] KINGS OF [THE] EARTH IF THEY HAVE HEARD [THE] WORDS OF MOUTH YOUR 4All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.
5SO THEY MAY SING IN [THE] WAYS OF YAHWEH FOR [IS] GREAT [THE] GLORY OF YAHWEH 5They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.
6FOR [IS] EXALTED YAHWEH AND [THE] LOWLY HE SEES AND [THE] PROUD FROM A DISTANCE HE KNOWS 6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
7IF I WILL WALK IN [THE] MIDST OF TROUBLE YOU PRESERVE ALIVE ME ON [THE] ANGER OF ENEMIES MY YOU STRETCH OUT HAND YOUR AND IT SAVES ME RIGHT [HAND] YOUR 7If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
8YAHWEH HE WILL AVENGE FOR ME O YAHWEH COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR [IS] FOR EVER [THE] WORKS OF HANDS YOUR MAY NOT YOU ABANDON 8The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.