Psalms 9:4
2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
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.
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
- KJV
- For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
- WEB
- For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
- ASV
- For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
- DARBY
- For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.
- BLB
- For You have done my justice and my claim; You have sat on the throne, judging [with] righteousness.
- ÅB
- Du har hjulpet meg til rett og dom,
du har satt deg på tronen som rettferdig dommer. - OTB
- For du har opprettholdt min rettferdige sak;
Du har satt deg på tronen og dømt rettferdig. - B1930
- For du har hjulpet mig til rett og dom, du har satt dig på tronen som rettferdig dommer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 140:12
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
Read in context1 Peter 2:23
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
Read in contextPsalms 98:9
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
Read in contextPsalms 47:8
God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
Read in contextPsalms 89:14
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
Read in contextPsalms 45:6–7
Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Read in contextPsalms 96:13
before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
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