Psalms 9:5

³ 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.

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.

⁷ But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

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: You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
KJV: Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
WEB: You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
ASV: Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
DARBY: Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
BLB: You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; their name You have wiped out forever and ever.

ÅB: Du har truet hedningene,
tilintetgjort den ugudelige;
deres navn har du utslettet for evig og alltid.
OTB: Du har refset folkene, du har gjort ende på de ugudelige;
Du har utslettet deres navn for alltid.
B1930: Du har truet hedningene, tilintetgjort den ugudelige; deres navn har du utslettet evindelig og alltid.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
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Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
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Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
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Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
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Psalms 79:10
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
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2 Samuel 22:44–46
You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
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Psalms 149:7
to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
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