Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 9:8
And He shall judge the world in righteousness, dispensing justice by virtue of His righteousness; He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness, as the highest principles of divine right demand it.
And He shall judge the world in righteousness, dispensing justice by virtue of His righteousness; He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness, as the highest principles of divine right demand it.
Verse Psalms 9:8. _HE SHALL JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS_] All the dispensations of God's providence are founded in righteousness and truth....
AND HE SHALL JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS - The word here rendered world means properly the habitable earth; and then it denotes the inhabitants that dwell upon the earth. The statement here is ge...
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...
HE, &C. Quoted in Acts 17:31. THE WORLD. the habitable world. Hebrew. _tebel._ First occurrence in Psalms; never found with the Art. PEOPLE. peoples....
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...
_AND HE SHALL JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE SHALL MINISTER JUDGMENT TO THE PEOPLE IN UPRIGHTNESS._ And he shall judge the world [ _ teebeel_ (H8398 ), the habitable world] in righteousness, he...
9:8 world (d-9) _ Tebel_ , the habitable earth. see 1 Samuel 2:8 ; Psalms 19:4 ; Psalms 24:1 ; Psalms 33:8 ;...
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...
PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.'...
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...
AND HE.... — Better, _and he it is who._ The pronoun is emphatic....
_[Psalms 9:9]_ וְ ה֗וּא יִשְׁפֹּֽט ־תֵּבֵ֥ל בְּ...
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...
_In judgment. St. Jerome, "to judge." (Haydock)_...
Here, by a change of person in the speaker, we find a beautiful transition made to Christ himself, in which the sacred writer is celebrating the glories of his person, and the greatness, and extensive...
8._And he shall judge the world in righteousness. _As David has just now testified, that the power of God is not inactive, so that he dwells in heaven only indulging himself in pleasures; but that it...
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 ...
AND HE SHALL JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... The word תבל, rendered "world", is, as Ben Melech well observes, a general name for all the countries of the habitable world; and so shows that it i...
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. Ver. 8. _And he shall judge the world, &c._] See on Psalms 9:4 ....
_But the Lord shall endure for ever_ Though cities and people may perish, yet the Lord abides for ever. Which is sufficient for the terror of his enemies, and the comfort of his church. _He hath prepa...
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...
THE WORLD; not you only, but all the enemies of his people, and all the men of the world....
Psalms 9:8 judge H8199 (H8799) world H8398 righteousness H6664 judgment H1777 (H8799) peoples H3816 uprightness H4339...
‘But YHWH sits enthroned for ever: He has established his throne for judgment; And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.' In contrast to...
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...
_The Lord shall endure forever._ THE ABIDING GOD David here draws a contrast between changing man and the unchanging God; between evermore vanishing thrones and the throne of God, high and lifted up-...
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
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...
Acts 17:31; Genesis 18:25; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 11:5; Psalms 50:6;...