because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger. 008:003 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; 008:004 what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him? 008:005 For you have made him a little lower than God,{Hebrew: Elohim} and crowned him with glory and honor. 008:006 You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet: 008:007 All sheep and oxen, yes, and the animals of the field, 008:008 The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. 008:009 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! 009:001 <<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. 009:002 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 009:003 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence. 009:004 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously. 009:005 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever. 009:006 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. 009:007 But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment. 009:008 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness. 009:009 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble. 009:010 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you. 009:011 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done. 009:012 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted. 009:013 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death; 009:014 that I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation. 009:015 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. 009:016 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah. 009:017 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. 009:018 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever. 009:019 Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight. 009:020 Put them in fear, Yahweh.