Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] (k) men. Selah.
(k) Which they cannot learn without the fear of your judgment.
Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] (k) men. Selah.
(k) Which they cannot learn without the fear of your judgment.
Verse Psalms 9:20. _PUT THEM IN FEAR_] שיתה יהוה מורה להם _shithah Yehovah_ _morah lahem_, "O Lord, place a teacher among them," that they may know they also are accountable creatures, grow wise unto...
PUT THEM IN FEAR, O LORD - From this it is evident that the enemies of the psalmist were bold, daring, confident in their own strength, and in the belief that they would succeed. He prays, therefore,...
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...
PUT THEM IN FEAR. Appoint them some terror. NATIONS. As in Psa 9:59...
TO BE BUT MEN— Fenwick renders this verse: Let them a guide and teacher have, O Lord! Their helpless state make thou the nations know: alluding to the future conversion of the Gentiles. REFLECTIONS.—...
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...
_PUT THEM IN FEAR, O LORD: THAT THE NATIONS MAY KNOW THEMSELVES TO BE BUT MEN. SELAH._ Put them in fear - literally, Put fear into them. So the Chaldaic. Also one reading х_ MOWRAA'_ (H4172]. Even th...
9:20 men. (k-15) _ Enosh_ . see Psalms 8:4 ....
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...
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 THEM IN FEAR. — There is a difficulty about the reading. The LXX., Vulg., and Syriac read “place a lawgiver or master over them.” So Syriac, “law.” Hitzig conjectures, “set a guard upon them.” Wit...
_[Psalms 9:21]_ שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מֹורָ֗ה לָ֫הֶ֥ם יֵדְע֥וּ...
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...
_Man. Hebrew enosh, (Haydock) "weak," sinful "man." (Berthier) -- Gentiles, or all notorious sinners. The Jews despised the Gentiles, as the Romans did all barbarians. (Worthington)_...
These are blessed prayers, when put up in faith, by which we invite Jesus to hasten his coming, and bring on both the latter day glory, and that kingdom of his everlasting reign, which shall have no e...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Redeemer! let me, as often as I peruse this Psalm, learn to celebrate thy triumphs, and to keep my eye and heart stedfastly fixed on thee, that I may hear with the ear of faith, a...
20._Put them in fear, O Jehovah. _The Septuagint translates מורה, _morah, _[ νομοθέτης,]_a lawgiver, _deriving it from ירה,_yarah, _which sometimes signifies _to teach. _(185) But the scope of the pas...
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 ...
PUT THEM IN FEAR, O LORD,.... Who are, a bold, impudent, fearless generation of men; who, like the unjust judge, neither fear God nor regard men, therefore the psalmist prays that God would inject fea...
Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah. Ver. 20. _Put them in fear, O Lord_] Strike them with a panic terror, as once the Canaanites, Philistines, 1 S...
_Arise, O Lord_ Stir up thyself, exert thy power: _let not man prevail_ Consult thine own honour and let not men, Hebrew, _weak, miserable_, and _mortal_ men, prevail against the kingdom and interest...
A PROPHETIC VIEW OF THE VICTORY OF FAITH...
Put them in fear, O Lord, constant terror keeping them in subjection, THAT THE NATIONS MAY KNOW THEMSELVES TO BE BUT MEN, a fact which ought to keep them from every form and show of conceit and arroga...
11-20 Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that...
Subdue their proud and insolent spirits, and strike them with terror, or with some terrible judgment. But men, Heb. _weak, and miserable, and mortal men_, and therefore altogether unable to oppose the...
Psalms 9:20 Put H7896 (H8798) fear H4172 (H8675) H4172 LORD H3068 nations H1471 know H3045 ...
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...
_Consider my trouble._ A NOTE OF TROUBLE IN A TRIUMPH PSALM The second part of the Psalm begins with Psalms 9:13. The prayer in that verse is the only trace of trouble in the Psalm. The rest is trium...
_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
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 12:22; Acts 12:23; Deuteronomy 2:25; Exodus 15:16; Exodus 23:27;...