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Psalms 9

BSB·20 verses ·Old Testament
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1I will give thanksאוֹדֶ֣ה’ō·w·ḏeh — To give thanks, praise, or acknowledgeH3034 — Full Word Study → to the LORDיְ֭הוָהYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study → with allבְּכָל־bə·ḵāl — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → my heartלִבִּ֑יlib·bî — Heart; the center of emotion, will, and intellectH3820 — Full Word Study →; I will recountאֲ֝סַפְּרָ֗ה’ă·sap·pə·rāh — To count, record, or declareH5608 — Full Word Study → allכָּל־kāl- — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → Your wondersנִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃nip̄·lə·’ō·w·ṯe·ḵā — to be wonderful, perform miracles, do marvelous thingsH6381 — Full Word Study →. 2I will be gladאֶשְׂמְחָ֣ה’eś·mə·ḥāh — To rejoice, be glad, make merryH8055 — Full Word Study → and rejoiceוְאֶעֶלְצָ֣הwə·’e·‘el·ṣāh — to rejoice, exult, or triumphH5970 — Full Word Study → in You; I will sing praiseאֲזַמְּרָ֖ה’ă·zam·mə·rāh — To sing praises, make music to GodH2167 — Full Word Study → to Your nameשִׁמְךָ֣šim·ḵā — Name; reputation; renownH8034 — Full Word Study →, O Most Highעֶלְיֽוֹן׃‘el·yō·wn — Most High, elevated, supremeH5945 — Full Word Study →. 3When my enemiesאוֹיְבַ֥י’ō·wy·ḇay — Enemy; adversary; one who opposesH341 — Full Word Study → retreatבְּשׁוּב־bə·šūḇ- — to turn back, return, restoreH7725 — Full Word Study →, they stumbleיִכָּשְׁל֥וּyik·kā·šə·lū — to stumble, fall, or collapseH3782 — Full Word Study → and perishוְ֝יֹאבְד֗וּwə·yō·ḇə·ḏū — To perish, be destroyed, or lostH6 — Full Word Study → before Youמִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃mip·pā·ne·ḵā — face; presence; beforeH6440 — Full Word Study →. 4Forכִּֽי־kî- — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → You have upheldעָ֭שִׂיתָ‘ā·śî·ṯā — to do, make, or accomplish; to act or performH6213 — Full Word Study → my justמִשְׁפָּטִ֣יmiš·pā·ṭî — Justice, judgment, or legal decisionH4941 — Full Word Study → causeוְדִינִ֑יwə·ḏî·nî — Judgment, legal case, dispute, or controversyH1779 — Full Word Study →; You sitיָשַׁ֥בְתָּyā·šaḇ·tā — to dwell, inhabit, settle, remainH3427 — Full Word Study → on Your throneלְ֝כִסֵּ֗אlə·ḵis·sê — Throne; seat of authority and rulershipH3678 — Full Word Study → judgingשׁוֹפֵ֥טšō·w·p̄êṭ — to judge, govern, or execute justiceH8199 — Full Word Study → righteouslyצֶֽדֶק׃ṣe·ḏeq — Righteousness, justice, right standingH6664 — Full Word Study →. 5You have rebukedגָּעַ֣רְתָּgā·‘ar·tā — To rebuke, reprove, or speak against sternlyH1605 — Full Word Study → the nationsג֭וֹיִםḡō·w·yim — Nation; a people or ethnic groupH1471 — Full Word Study →; You have destroyedאִבַּ֣דְתָּ’ib·baḏ·tā — To perish, be destroyed, or lostH6 — Full Word Study → the wickedרָשָׁ֑עrā·šā‘ — wicked, guilty, morally corruptH7563 — Full Word Study →; You have erasedמָ֝חִ֗יתָmā·ḥî·ṯā — To blot out, erase, or wipe awayH4229 — Full Word Study → their nameשְׁמָ֥םšə·mām — Name; reputation; renownH8034 — Full Word Study → foreverלְעוֹלָ֥םlə·‘ō·w·lām — forever, eternity, perpetual durationH5769 — Full Word Study → and everוָעֶֽד׃wā·‘eḏ — perpetuity, eternity, foreverH5703 — Full Word Study →. 6The enemyהָֽאוֹיֵ֨ב׀hā·’ō·w·yêḇ — Enemy; adversary; one who opposesH341 — Full Word Study → has come to eternalלָ֫נֶ֥צַחlā·ne·ṣaḥ — perpetual strength; eternal enduranceH5331 — Full Word Study → ruinחֳרָב֗וֹתḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ — Desolation, ruin, or waste placeH2723 — Full Word Study →, and You have uprootedנָתַ֑שְׁתָּnā·ṯaš·tā — to uproot, pluck out, destroy completelyH5428 — Full Word Study → their citiesוְעָרִ֥יםwə·‘ā·rîm — City; fortified settlement or townH5892 — Full Word Study →; the very memoryזִכְרָ֣םziḵ·rām — memorial, remembrance, or fragrant nameH2143 — Full Word Study → of themהֵֽמָּה׃hêm·māh — They, them (masculine plural pronoun)H1992 — Full Word Study → has vanishedאָבַ֖ד’ā·ḇaḏ — To perish, be destroyed, or lostH6 — Full Word Study →. 7But the LORDוַֽ֭יהוָהYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study → abidesיֵשֵׁ֑בyê·šêḇ — to dwell, inhabit, settle, remainH3427 — Full Word Study → foreverלְעוֹלָ֣םlə·‘ō·w·lām — forever, eternity, perpetual durationH5769 — Full Word Study →; He has establishedכּוֹנֵ֖ןkō·w·nên — to establish, prepare, or make firmH3559 — Full Word Study → His throneכִּסְאֽוֹ׃kis·’ōw — Throne; seat of authority and rulershipH3678 — Full Word Study → for judgmentלַמִּשְׁפָּ֣טlam·miš·pāṭ — Justice, judgment, or legal decisionH4941 — Full Word Study →. 8Heוְה֗וּאwə·hū — He, she, it; the third person pronounH1931 — Full Word Study → judgesיִשְׁפֹּֽט־yiš·pōṭ- — to judge, govern, or execute justiceH8199 — Full Word Study → the worldתֵּבֵ֥לtê·ḇêl — The inhabited earth; the worldH8398 — Full Word Study → with justiceבְּצֶ֑דֶקbə·ṣe·ḏeq — Righteousness, justice, right standingH6664 — Full Word Study →; He governsיָדִ֥יןyā·ḏîn — to judge, govern, or execute judgmentH1777 — Full Word Study → the peopleלְ֝אֻמִּ֗יםlə·’um·mîm — A people or nation; ethnic or political communityH3816 — Full Word Study → with equityבְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃bə·mê·šā·rîm — Uprightness, righteousness, equityH4339 — Full Word Study →. 9The LORDיְהוָ֣הYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study → isוִ֘יהִ֤יwî·hî — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → a refugeמִשְׂגָּ֣בmiś·gāḇ — Refuge, fortress, high place of safetyH4869 — Full Word Study → for the oppressedלַדָּ֑ךְlad·dāḵ — Crushed, broken, oppressedH1790 — Full Word Study →, a strongholdמִ֝שְׂגָּ֗בmiś·gāḇ — Refuge, fortress, high place of safetyH4869 — Full Word Study → in timesלְעִתּ֥וֹתlə·‘it·tō·wṯ — Time, season, or appointed momentH6256 — Full Word Study → of troubleבַּצָּרָֽה׃baṣ·ṣā·rāh — Distress, trouble, adversityH6869 — Full Word Study →. 10Those who knowיוֹדְעֵ֣יyō·wḏ·‘ê — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study → Your nameשְׁמֶ֑ךָšə·me·ḵā — Name; reputation; renownH8034 — Full Word Study → trustוְיִבְטְח֣וּwə·yiḇ·ṭə·ḥū — to trust, rely on, have confidenceH982 — Full Word Study → in You, forכִּ֤יkî — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → You, O LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →, have notלֹֽא־lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → forsakenעָזַ֖בְתָּ‘ā·zaḇ·tā — to abandon, forsake, or leave behindH5800 — Full Word Study → those who seek Youדֹרְשֶׁ֣יךָḏō·rə·še·ḵā — to seek, inquire, search diligentlyH1875 — Full Word Study →. 11Sing praisesזַמְּר֗וּzam·mə·rū — To sing praises, make music to GodH2167 — Full Word Study → to the LORDלַ֭יהוָהYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →, who dwellsיֹשֵׁ֣בyō·šêḇ — to dwell, inhabit, settle, remainH3427 — Full Word Study → in Zionצִיּ֑וֹןṣî·yō·wn — The Lord's MountainH6726 — Full Word Study →; proclaimהַגִּ֥ידוּhag·gî·ḏū — to tell, declare, make knownH5046 — Full Word Study → His deedsעֲלִֽילוֹתָֽיו׃‘ă·lî·lō·w·ṯāw — deed, action, or workH5949 — Full Word Study → among the nationsבָ֝עַמִּ֗יםḇā·‘am·mîm — a people; nation; communityH5971 — Full Word Study →. 12Forכִּֽי־kî- — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → the Avengerדֹרֵ֣שׁḏō·rêš — to seek, inquire, search diligentlyH1875 — Full Word Study → of bloodshedדָּ֭מִיםdā·mîm — blood; life force; bloodshed; guiltH1818 — Full Word Study → remembersזָכָ֑רzā·ḵār — to remember, recall, or mentionH2142 — Full Word Study →; He does not ignoreשָׁ֝כַ֗חšā·k̲aḥ — to forget, neglect, lose memory ofH7911 — Full Word Study → the cryצַעֲקַ֥תṣa·‘ă·qaṯ — A cry or outcry; a call for helpH6818 — Full Word Study → of the afflictedעֲנִיִּים׃ʿă·nī·yīm — Poor, afflicted, humbleH6041 — Full Word Study →. 13Be merciful to meחָֽנְנֵ֬נִיḥā·nə·nê·nî — To show favor, mercy, or compassion; to be graciousH2603 — Full Word Study →, O LORDיְהוָ֗הYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →; seeרְאֵ֣הrə·’êh — to see, perceive, behold, experienceH7200 — Full Word Study → how my enemiesמִשֹּׂנְאָ֑יmiś·śō·nə·’āy — to hate, despise, regard with hostilityH8130 — Full Word Study → afflict meעָ֭נְיִי‘ā·nə·yî — affliction, distress, troubleH6040 — Full Word Study →! Lift me upמְ֝רוֹמְמִ֗יmə·rō·wm·mî — To raise, lift up, exalt; to be highH7311 — Full Word Study → from the gatesמִשַּׁ֥עֲרֵיmiš·ša·‘ă·rê — Gate; entrance to a city or enclosureH8179 — Full Word Study → of deathמָֽוֶת׃mā·weṯ — death, the state of being deadH4194 — Full Word Study →, 14thatלְמַ֥עַןlə·ma·‘an — because of, for the sake of, in order thatH4616 — Full Word Study → I may declareאֲסַפְּרָ֗ה’ă·sap·pə·rāh — To count, record, or declareH5608 — Full Word Study → allכָּֽל־kāl- — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → Your praisesתְּהִלָּ֫תֶ֥יךָtə·hil·lā·ṯe·ḵā — Praise, song of praise, object of praiseH8416 — Full Word Study →that within the gatesבְּשַֽׁעֲרֵ֥יbə·ša·‘ă·rê — Gate; entrance to a city or enclosureH8179 — Full Word Study → of Daughterבַת־ḇaṯ- — daughter; female child or descendantH1323 — Full Word Study → Zionצִיּ֑וֹןṣî·yō·wn — The Lord's MountainH6726 — Full Word Study → I may rejoiceאָ֝גִ֗ילָה’ā·ḡî·lāh — to rejoice, be glad, exultH1523 — Full Word Study → in Your salvationבִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃bî·šū·‘ā·ṯe·ḵā — Deliverance, salvation, rescue from dangerH3444 — Full Word Study →. 15The nationsג֭וֹיִםḡō·w·yim — Nation; a people or ethnic groupH1471 — Full Word Study → have fallenטָבְע֣וּṭā·ḇə·‘ū — To sink, submerge, or be firmly fixedH2883 — Full Word Study → into a pitבְּשַׁ֣חַתbə·ša·ḥaṯ — Pit, grave, or destruction; the grave or hellH7845 — Full Word Study → of their makingעָשׂ֑וּ‘ā·śū — to do, make, or accomplish; to act or performH6213 — Full Word Study →; their feetרַגְלָֽם׃raḡ·lām — Foot; by extension, journey, way, or standingH7272 — Full Word Study → are caughtנִלְכְּדָ֥הnil·kə·ḏāh — To capture, seize, or take hold ofH3920 — Full Word Study → in the netבְּרֶֽשֶׁת־bə·re·šeṯ- — Net; mesh; network; trapH7568 — Full Word Study → they have hiddenטָ֝מָ֗נוּṭā·mā·nū — To hide, conceal, or bury secretlyH2934 — Full Word Study →. 16The LORDיְהוָה֮Yah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study → is knownנ֤וֹדַ֨ע׀nō·w·ḏa‘ — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study → by the justiceמִשְׁפָּ֪טmiš·pāṭ — Justice, judgment, or legal decisionH4941 — Full Word Study → He bringsעָ֫שָׂ֥ה‘ā·śāh — to do, make, or accomplish; to act or performH6213 — Full Word Study →; the wickedרָשָׁ֑עrā·šā‘ — wicked, guilty, morally corruptH7563 — Full Word Study → are ensnaredנוֹקֵ֣שׁnō·w·qêš — to snare, trap, or ensnareH5367 — Full Word Study → by the workבְּפֹ֣עַלbə·p̄ō·‘al — work, deed, or actionH6467 — Full Word Study → of their handsכַּ֭פָּיוkap·pāw — Palm of the hand; hollow of anything; power or controlH3709 — Full Word Study →. Higgaionהִגָּי֥וֹןhig·gā·yō·wn — Meditation or musical interludeH1902 — Full Word Study → Selahסֶֽלָה׃se·lāh — Pause or SelahH5542 — Full Word Study → 17The wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםrə·šā·‘îm — wicked, guilty, morally corruptH7563 — Full Word Study → will returnיָשׁ֣וּבוּyā·šū·ḇū — to turn back, return, restoreH7725 — Full Word Study → to Sheolלִשְׁא֑וֹלָהliš·’ō·w·lāh — The grave; the abode of the dead; the underworldH7585 — Full Word Study →allכָּל־kāl- — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → the nationsגּ֝וֹיִ֗םgō·w·yim — Nation; a people or ethnic groupH1471 — Full Word Study → who forgetשְׁכֵחֵ֥יšə·ḵê·ḥê — To forget; to fail to rememberH7913 — Full Word Study → Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃’ĕ·lō·hîm — God, the divine beingH430 — Full Word Study →. 18Forכִּ֤יkî — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → the needyאֶבְי֑וֹן’eḇ·yō·wn — Poor person in dire needH34 — Full Word Study → will not alwaysלָ֭נֶצַחlā·ne·ṣaḥ — perpetual strength; eternal enduranceH5331 — Full Word Study → be forgottenיִשָּׁכַ֣חyiš·šā·ḵaḥ — to forget, neglect, lose memory ofH7911 — Full Word Study →; nor the hopeתִּקְוַ֥תtiq·waṯ — Hope; expectation; cord of attachmentH8615 — Full Word Study → of the oppressedעֲנָוִיםʿă·nå̄·wīm — Humble, meek, afflicted poorH6035 — Full Word Study → foreverלָעַֽד׃lā·‘aḏ — perpetuity, eternity, foreverH5703 — Full Word Study → dashedתֹּאבַ֥דtō·ḇaḏ — To perish, be destroyed, or lostH6 — Full Word Study →. 19Rise upקוּמָ֣הqū·māh — To rise, stand, or be establishedH6965 — Full Word Study →, O LORDיְ֭הוָהYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →, do not letאַל־’al- — do not; negative imperative particleH408 — Full Word Study → manאֱנ֑וֹשׁ’ĕ·nō·wōš — human being, man, mortal personH582 — Full Word Study → prevailיָעֹ֣זyā·‘ōz — to be strong, harden, or act with boldnessH5810 — Full Word Study →; let the nationsג֝וֹיִ֗םḡō·w·yim — Nation; a people or ethnic groupH1471 — Full Word Study → be judgedיִשָּׁפְט֥וּyiš·šā·p̄ə·ṭū — to judge, govern, or execute justiceH8199 — Full Word Study → inעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → Your presenceפָּנֶֽיךָ׃pā·ne·ḵā — face; presence; beforeH6440 — Full Word Study →. 20Layשִׁ֘יתָ֤הšî·ṯāh — to set, place, or appointH7896 — Full Word Study → terrorמוֹרָ֗הmō·w·rāh — Fear, dread, or terror; that which is fearedH4172 — Full Word Study → upon them, O LORD; let the nationsגוֹיִ֑םḡō·w·yim — Nation; a people or ethnic groupH1471 — Full Word Study → knowיֵדְע֥וּyê·ḏə·‘ū — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study → they are but menאֱנ֖וֹשׁ’ĕ·nō·wōš — human being, man, mortal personH582 — Full Word Study →. Selahסֶּֽלָה׃se·lāh — Pause or SelahH5542 — Full Word Study →
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Psalm 9 is a triumphant song of thanksgiving and confidence in God's justice. The psalmist praises the Lord for delivering him from his enemies and for ruling the world with perfect righteousness. This psalm celebrates both God's past victories on behalf of His people and His future role as judge of all nations. Throughout these verses, we see a beautiful tension between God's judgment against the wicked and His tender mercy toward the oppressed and humble—a reminder that the same God who defeats our enemies is the refuge of the weak.

Verses 1–5: Praise for God's Mighty Works

The psalmist opens with a vow of wholehearted praise. He promises to celebrate all of God's marvellous works (verse 1) and to rejoice in God's name with singing (verse 2). This is not hollow sentiment; it flows from genuine experience. In verses 3–5, we learn why: God has turned back the psalmist's enemies, causing them to fall and perish at His presence. The language is vivid and absolute—their names are put out for ever and ever (verse 5). The psalmist affirms that God has maintained my right and my cause (verse 4), sitting on His throne as the righteous Judge. Here we see that authentic praise is rooted in God's demonstrated faithfulness. Our worship is most powerful when it flows from remembering what God has actually done for us.

Verses 6–10: God's Eternal Reign and Trustworthiness

Verses 6–8 shift focus from the psalmist's deliverance to God's universal reign. Even enemy strongholds have been destroyed; their memorial is perished with them (verse 6). But the Lord endures forever, having prepared His throne for judgment (verse 7). He will judge the world with perfect righteousness and minister judgment with uprightness (verse 8). This is not vindictive anger; it is holy justice. Verses 9–10 turn inward again, reminding us that this mighty Judge is also our refuge for the oppressed (verse 9). Those who know His name—meaning those in covenant relationship with Him—will trust in Him because He has not forsaken them that seek thee (verse 10). God's justice and God's mercy are not in conflict; they flow from the same holy character.

Verses 11–16: God Remembers and Executes Justice

The psalmist calls on believers to sing God's praises and declare His deeds among the nations (verse 11). Why? Because when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them (verse 12)—God does not forget the cries of the humble and oppressed. In verse 13, the psalmist makes a personal plea for mercy, acknowledging that God has lifted him up from death's gates. His desire is that he might show forth God's praise publicly, in Zion (verse 14). Verses 15–16 contain a profound spiritual principle: the wicked are caught in their own traps. The net they hid for others catches their own feet; they are snared by their own works. This is not coincidence but divine retribution—the Lord is known by the justice He executes.

Verses 17–20: Final Call to Justice and Humility

The psalm concludes with the solemn truth that the wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God (verse 17). Yet mercy remains for the needy; their expectation shall not perish forever (verse 18). The psalmist's final petition urges God to arise and judge, reminding the nations that they are merely men—finite, mortal, and accountable to the Almighty (verses 19–20).

Application for Today

In a world that often feels unjust, Psalm 9 invites us to trust in God's ultimate righteousness. We are called to praise God boldly for His faithfulness, to find refuge in Him during trouble, and to rest assured that He hears the cry of the humble. Our confidence is not in human power or institutions, but in the eternal Judge who rules with perfect justice and unfailing love.

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