Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 9:7
But — 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.
But — 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.
Verse Psalms 9:7. _BUT THE LORD SHALL ENDURE_] All things shall have an end but God and holy spirits....
BUT THE LORD SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER - Yahweh is eternal - always the same. Though these cities have become desolate, and the enemy has been permitted to triumph, and nations and people have passed away...
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...
ENDURE. sit as king....
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...
_BUT THE LORD SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER: HE HATH PREPARED HIS THRONE FOR JUDGMENT._ But the Lord shall endure for ever. From speaking TO God, in confident anticipation of his destruction of the enemy's s...
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...
SHALL ENDURE] RV 'sitteth as king.' The eternal rule of God contrasted with the passing powers of earth....
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...
BUT THE LORD SHALL ENDURE. — Better, _but Jehovah sits enthroned for ever,_ being in close parallelism with the next clause, “For judgment has erected his throne.”...
_[Psalms 9:8]_ וַֽ֭ יהוָה לְ עֹולָ֣ם יֵשֵׁ֑ב...
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...
Swords. "My enemies have sunk under the sword." (Syriac) (Haydock) --- Frameæ is a German word for "javelins," pointed with iron, which they might either throw, or use in close fight. (Tacitus) --- It...
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...
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 ...
BUT THE LORD SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER,.... When antichrist is entirely ruined, his cities destroyed, and the memorial of them perished, then "shall the Lord sit for ever" g, as the words may be rendered;...
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. Ver. 7. _But the Lord shall endure for ever_] _Vivit Christus regnatque; alioqui lotus desperassem,_ said that good Dutch...
_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...
But the Lord shall endure forever, sitting secure on the throne of His majesty; HE HATH PREPARED HIS THRONE FOR JUDGMENT, and the last Great Day is foreshadowed by every individual punishment upon nat...
A PROPHETIC VIEW OF THE VICTORY OF FAITH...
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...
Though cities and people may perish for ever, yet the Lord abides for ever; which is sufficient for the enemies terror, and for the comfort of his church. HE HATH PREPARED, or established, by his immu...
Psalms 9:7 LORD H3068 endure H3427 (H8799) forever H5769 prepared H3559 (H8790) throne H3678 judgment H4941...
‘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...
2 Peter 3:8; Hebrews 1:11; Hebrews 1:12; Hebrews 13:8; Psalms 103:19;...