Psalms 9:16
14 that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
17 The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- KJV
- The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- WEB
- The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
- ASV
- Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah
- DARBY
- Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- BLB
- YHWH is known by the justice He has done; by the work of his own hands the wicked one is snared. Higgaion Selah
- ÅB
- Herren er blitt kjent, han har holdt dom;
han fanger den ugudelige i hans egne henders gjerning.
Higgajon[^2]. Sela. - OTB
- Herren har åpenbart seg; han har utført dom.
En ugudelig er fanget i sine egne henders verk.
Higgaion Sela - B1930
- Herren er blitt kjent, han har holdt dom; han fanger den ugudelige i hans egne henders gjerning. Higgajon. Sela. / < kanskje et musikalsk uttrykk.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 7:5
And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
Read in contextProverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
Read in contextExodus 14:31
When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
Read in contextPsalms 83:17–18
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
Read in contextJoshua 2:10–11
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:15
Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
Read in contextJudges 1:7
Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
Read in contextExodus 14:4
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
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