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 Hebrew alphabet, though in both Pss. there is a gap in the arrangement. The subject matter of the two... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL FALL] RV 'they stumble.'... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGING RIGHT] RV 'judging righteously.'... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN] RV 'nations.' So in Psalms 9:15; Psalms 9:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever: and the cities which thou hast overthrown, their very memorial is perished.' The words are still part of the prayer to Jehovah. Faith in God demands complete deliverance.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL ENDURE] RV 'sitteth as king.' The eternal rule of God contrasted with the passing powers of earth.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THY NAME] see on Psalms 5:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH DWELLETH IN ZION] Jerusalem, and especially the hill of Zion, was regarded as the earthly throne of God, after David had placed the ark there: see Psalms 76:2; Psalms 132:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them.' God is represented as the avenger of blood (Genesis 9:5). HUMBLE] RV 'poor' or meek. One of a group of words which in OT. have at first an outward and then a more spiritual sense, the chief sufferers from want and oppression being often... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'The Lord hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment.' HIGGAION] a musical term applied only here. It occurs in the text of Psalms 92:3, and probably means something like our _forte._ SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4. 'Higgaion. Selah' together may mean _fortissimo._... [ Continue Reading ]
BE TURNED INTO HELL] RV 'return to Sheol,' the place of the dead, not regarded specially as a place of torment. 'Return' seems strictly to apply to the body, which goes back to the dust whence it was taken: cp. Genesis 3:19; Psalms 90:3; Psalms 104:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEEDY] Another of the group of words referred to in the note on Psalms 9:12. POOR] The same word as in Psalms 9:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN] The word means 'frail man,' as in Psalms 8:4.... [ Continue Reading ]