George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 9:5
Justice, or rightly. (Calmet) --- God alone always discerns what is just. (St. Chrysostom) --- Man overcomes the devil, with the assistance of God's grace. (Worthington)
Justice, or rightly. (Calmet) --- God alone always discerns what is just. (St. Chrysostom) --- Man overcomes the devil, with the assistance of God's grace. (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 9:5. _THOU HAST REBUKED THE HEATHEN_] We know not what this particularly refers to, but it is most probably to the Canaanitish nations, which God destroyed from off the face of the earth...
THOU HAST REBUKED THE HEATHEN - Not the pagan in general, or the nations at large, but those who are particularly referred to in this psalm - those who are described as the enemies of the writer and o...
Psalms 9 THE GODLY REMNANT. THE WICKED ONE AND HIS FOLLOWERS (9-15) _ 1. The praise of the Most High (Psalms 9:1)_ 2. Millennial deliverances and glories (Psalms 9:3) 3. Prayer for divine interven...
9 AND 10. YAHWEH THE REFUGE OF HIS PEOPLE. These two Pss., divided in MT, were originally one, This is proved by the fact that they are one in LXX. and Vulg., by the absence of title over Psalms 10, a...
HEATHEN. nations. THE WICKED. a lawless one: i.e. the Antichrist. Compare Psalms 10:3; Psalms 10:13; Psalms 10:14; Psalms 10:15. Hebrew.
PSALMS 9:10 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Kingship of Jehovah in Zion Finally Triumphant over a League between the Nations and the Lawless One. ANALYSIS These two psalms are bound together as originally on...
_THOU HAST REBUKED THE HEATHEN, THOU HAST DESTROYED THE WICKED, THOU HAST PUT OUT THEIR NAME FOR EVER AND EVER._ Thou hast rebuked - not in mere word, as man rebukes, but with actual punishments infl...
9:5 wicked; (b-10) The word is in the singular, and as such, characteristic; so in ver. 16. it is plural in ver. 17....
Psalms 9:10 are combined in LXX, and there is certainly a real, though obscure, relationship between them. The two together form one 'acrostic,' the vv. beginning with the successive letters of the He...
HEATHEN] RV 'nations.' So in Psalms 9:15; Psalms 9:19....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
PUT OUT. — Better, _blotted out._ The family is extinct and its name erased from the civil register. (See Psalms 69:28; Psalms 109:13.) The _Daleth_ stanza is wanting....
_[Psalms 9:6]_ גָּעַ֣רְתָּ גֹ֭ויִם אִבַּ֣דְתָּ רָשָׁ֑ע שְׁמָ֥ם...
Psalms 9:1 Psalms 7:1; Psalms 9:1 are connected by the recurrence of the two thoughts of God as the Judge of nations and the wicked falling into the pit which he digged. Probably the original arrangem...
CONFIDENCE IN THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE Psalms 9:1 The Chaldee version adds to the inscription, “concerning the death of the champion who went out between the camps,” referring to the death of Goliath. Thi...
The burden of this psalm is thanksgiving for Jehovah's righteous rule by which He has overcome the enemies of the chosen people. It is almost exclusively a song of thanksgiving. There are a few brief...
Were ever words plainer than these, to teach us that it is Jesus thus addressing the Father, acknowledging the Father's fulfillment of all covenant engagements, in supporting the manhood of Christ in...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 9 AND 10. In Psalms 9 and 10 we enter historically on the circumstances of the remnant in the last days in the land. The great principles having been laid down ...
THOU HAST REBUKED THE HEATHEN,.... The people of the Philistines, as the Targum and Kimchi explain it, though some Jewish writers a understand it of Amalek the chief of the Heathen nations; but it rat...
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. Ver. 5. _Thou hast rebuked the heathen, &c._] God first chideth the Church's enemies by...
_My right and my cause_ That is, my righteous cause against thy and my enemies. _Thou sattest in the throne_, &c. Thou didst judge and give sentence for me. _Thou hast rebuked_ That is, punished or de...
A SONG OF PRAISE FOR VICTORY OVER THE ENEMIES. Thanksgiving for the Victory Gained. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical services, upon Muth-labben, that is, to be sung after the melody know...
THOU HAST DESTROYED THE WICKED, THOU HAST PUT OUT THEIR NAME FOREVER AND EVER, blotting it out of history, destroying its remembrance....
1-10 If we would praise God acceptably, we must praise him in sincerity, with our whole heart. When we give thanks for some one particular mercy, we should remember former mercies. Our joy must not b...
REBUKED, i.e. punished, as PSALMS 6:1; or destroyed, as it is explained in the next clause. THE HEATHEN, to wit, the Philistines and other heathen nations, who did from time to time molest David, or t...
Psalms 9:5 rebuked H1605 (H8804) nations H1471 destroyed H6 (H8765) wicked H7563 out H4229 (H8804) name...
‘When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at your presence (face). For you have maintained my right and my cause; You sit in the throne judging righteously. You have rebuked the nations,...
This Psalm has a dedication which is very difficult to understand: «To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.» Either «Muthlabben» is the tune to which the Psalm was to be sung, or some...
CONTENTS: Praise for victory over enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: In the midst of all distresses, we may by faith find a refuge in God and when victory comes, we should not forget that...
Psalms 9:5. _Thou hast rebuked the heathen._ A song in ancient time was made after every victory, a sort of _Te Deum,_ to be sung in the congregation. The collection of those hallowed martial odes was...
_I will praise Thee, O Lord._ PRAISE, TRUST, AND PRAYER In the Septuagint, this Psalm refers to the death of the Divine Son, and recites His victory over death, the grave, and all our foes. I. Ther...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 9:1. Psalms 9:1 together follow a basically acrostic pattern, with the first word of each line beginning with successive letters of the Hebrew alpha
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 9:3 The psalm recalls God’s protection of his people from evil nations. When an Israelite sings of his JUST CAUSE, he should think about why God chose Israel: God chose Israel to...
INTRODUCTION “A psalm of thanksgiving (Psalms 9:1) after a victory (Psalms 9:3) over the heathen wrought by Divine judgment (Psalms 9:4), expressing confidence in His constant protection of the oppres...
EXPOSITION This psalm, which, like the six preceding it, is declared by the title to be "a Psalm of David," is a song of thanksgiving for the defeat of some foreign enemy. It is the first of what are...
The ninth psalm is to the chief musician on Muthlabben. Muthlabben is the death of a son. This could have been when Bathsheba's first son died. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will...
1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Samuel 25:32; 1 Samuel 31:4; 2 Samuel 10:6;...