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16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah(A)

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16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

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

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10 Some sat in darkness and in gloom,
    prisoners in misery and in irons,(A)

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10 Some sat in darkness,(A) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering(B) in iron chains,(C)

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10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

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11 for they had rebelled against the words of God
    and spurned the counsel of the Most High.(A)

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11 because they rebelled(A) against God’s commands
    and despised(B) the plans(C) of the Most High.

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11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

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Her foes have become the masters;
    her enemies prosper
because the Lord has made her suffer
    for the multitude of her transgressions;
her children have gone away,
    captives before the foe.(A)

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Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief(A)
    because of her many sins.(B)
Her children have gone into exile,(C)
    captive before the foe.(D)

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Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

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