Psalms 9:3
1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
- KJV
- When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
- WEB
- When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
- ASV
- When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
- DARBY
- When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
- BLB
- In turning back my enemies they shall stumble and shall perish from Your face.
- ÅB
- for fiendene mine viker tilbake,
faller og omkommer for ditt åsyn. - OTB
- Når mine fiender trekker seg tilbake,
Snubler de og går til grunne for ditt åsyn. - B1930
- fordi mine fiender viker tilbake, faller og omkommer for ditt åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
Read in contextRevelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
Read in contextRevelation 6:12–17
And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
Read in contextPsalms 76:7
You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
Read in contextPsalms 80:16
Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Read in contextPsalms 68:1–2
God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:3
When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
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