←Psalm 9→BSB

In This Chapter 9 places 37 terms 1 theme 4 resources

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    Key Terms

    To Acknowledge 5 To Be Kindly Disposed 4 Righteousness (Standard) 3 Poor 3 Hope 3 Be Complete 2 Fairness (Integrity) 2 Praise Be (Or Show Oneself) Just Acquit Justice (Right) Righteousness (Act) Just Put Right With Make Righteous Deserved Justify (Vindicate) Justify Justly Justice Righteousness (Quality) Complete Complete Certainty Be Fully Assured Fairness (Justice) Trust Salvation Save (Help) Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Physical) Salvation (Deliverance) Salvation (Rescuer) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means) Hope (NT)

    Themes

    Praise Psalms

    Resources

    Psalms Book Overview Acrostic Articles Music Articles Poetry, Biblical Articles

    I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.

    ⓘ This hymn celebrates the Lord’s kingship and victory...

    This hymn celebrates the Lord’s kingship and victory over evil. It might also serve as a response to the laments of Pss 3–7. Some believe that Pss 9 and 10 should be read together as one psalm in two parts because Ps 9 includes a title and Ps 10 does not, and although several letters are missing or inverted, the two psalms connect as an acrostic of the Hebrew alphabet (other such alphabetic acrostics are Pss 25, 34, 37, 111–112, 119, 145). The ancient Greek and Latin translations treat 9 and 10 as one.
    ⓘ but that tune is no longer known. So...

    but that tune is no longer known. So also with the tunes mentioned in Pss 22, 45, 56–60, 69, 75, and 80.
    1I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;I will recount all Your wonders.2I will be glad and rejoice in You;I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
    ⓘ The psalmist celebrates God’s judgment of the wicked,...

    The psalmist celebrates God’s judgment of the wicked, which is a testimony to the Lord’s reliable promise to establish his kingdom on earth (1:6; Ps 2).
    3When my enemies retreat,they stumble and perish before You.4For You have upheld my just cause;You sit on Your throne judging righteously.5You have rebuked the nations;You have destroyed the wicked;You have erased their name forever and ever.6The enemy has come to eternal ruin,and You have uprooted their cities;the very memory of them has vanished.
    ⓘ The godly do not put their hope in...

    The godly do not put their hope in corruptible human government but in God’s everlasting rule of justice and fairness (see Pss 96–100).
    7But the LORD abides forever;He has established His throne for judgment.8He judges the world with justice;He governs the people with equity.9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,a stronghold in times of trouble.10Those who know Your name trust in You,for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
    ⓘ Recognition that the Lord’s judgment falls on some...

    Recognition that the Lord’s judgment falls on some of the wicked (9:3–6) and that God promises to judge all evil (9:7–10) motivates praise. The psalmist calls on the godly community to join him.
    11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion;proclaim His deeds among the nations.12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers;He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
    ⓘ The psalmist returns from a vision of the...
    • The psalmist returns from a vision of the glorious future to the reality of facing his enemies (9:3).
    • The jaws (literally gates) are a vivid image of the powerful grip of death (see 13:3–4).
    • Jerusalem’s gates provide an intentional contrast to the “gates” of death.
    13Be merciful to me, O LORD;see how my enemies afflict me!Lift me up from the gates of death,14that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter ZionI may rejoice in Your salvation.
    15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making;their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.16The LORD is known by the justice He brings;the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.Higgaion Selah†17The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.18For the needy will not always be forgotten;nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
    ⓘ The psalmist ends his lament with a prayer...
    • The psalmist ends his lament with a prayer for the Lord’s intervention and divine vengeance.
    • mere mortals . . . merely human: Humans who have received authority and glory sometimes become oppressive and assume glory for themselves (see 8:4; 10:18).
    19Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail;let the nations be judged in Your presence.20Lay terror upon them, O LORD;let the nations know they are but men.Selah