The Bible: Psalms Chapter 9: with Audio and Commentary.

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Psalms Chapter 9 For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.

1 I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

7 But the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgement.

8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgement to the peoples in uprightness.

9 The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare amongst the people what he has done.

12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.

13 Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

14 that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

16 The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgement. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

19 Arise, LORD! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

20 Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

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Verse 17 (Sheol)
Sheol is the place of the dead.

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Psalms Chapter 9 For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David. Guide

The burden of this psalm is thanksgiving for Jehovah's righteous rule by which He has overcome the enemies of the chosen people. It is almost exclusively a song of thanksgiving. There are a few brief petitions, but they are intimately related to the measures of praise. These songs of praise move from the personal to the general. First, deliverances wrought for the singer are celebrated (1-4); then the government of the enthroned Jehovah among the nations, a government based on righteousness, is sung (5-8); and next the tenderness of Jehovah toward the oppressed and His unfailing succour of the needy are declared (9,l0). The song of the singer then becomes a cry to others to join in the chorus (11,12). Then follows a cry for mercy which immediately merges into praise, and the thanksgiving moves out in the same order from personal (13,14) to general ( 15,16). The whole ends with a declaration of the certainty of the divine government and a final prayer for its clear manifestation.

The psalm is a great pattern of praise on a level neglected far too much in our day. We praise God much for His mercy. This is right, but it is a good thing to recognize His righteous rule and to praise Him for that.

From "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" by G. Campbell Morgan.

Psalms Chapter 9 Commentary

Chapter Outline

  1. David praises God for protecting his people. -- (1-10)
  2. And for cause to praise him. -- (11-20)

Verses 1-10

If we would praise God acceptably, we must praise him in sincerity, with our whole heart. When we give thanks for some one particular mercy, we should remember former mercies. Our joy must not be in the gift, so much as in the Giver. The triumphs of the Redeemer ought to be the triumphs of the redeemed. The almighty power of God is that which the strongest and stoutest of his enemies are no way able to stand before. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, and that with him there is no unrighteousness. His people may, by faith, flee to him as their Refuge, and may depend on his power and promise for their safety, so that no real hurt shall be done to them. Those who know him to be a God of truth and faithfulness, will rejoice in his word of promise, and rest upon that. Those who know him to be an everlasting Father, will trust him with their souls as their main care, and trust in him at all times, even to the end; and by constant care seek to approve themselves to him in the whole course of their lives. Who is there that would not seek him, who never hath forsaken those that seek Him?

Verses 11-20

Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that he has not forgotten the cry of the humble; neither the cry of their blood, or the cry of their prayers. We are never brought so low, so near to death, but God can raise us up. If he has saved us from spiritual and eternal death, we may thence hope, that in all our distresses he will be a very present help to us. The overruling providence of God frequently so orders it, that persecutors and oppressors are brought to ruin by the projects they formed to destroy the people of God. Drunkards kill themselves; prodigals beggar themselves; the contentious bring mischief upon themselves: thus men's sins may be read in their punishment, and it becomes plain to all, that the destruction of sinners is of themselves. All wickedness came originally with the wicked one from hell; and those who continue in sin, must go to that place of torment. The true state, both of nations and of individuals, may be correctly estimated by this one rule, whether in their doings they remember or forget God. David encourages the people of God to wait for his salvation, though it should be long deferred. God will make it appear that he never did forget them: it is not possible he should. Strange that man, dust in his and about him, should yet need some sharp affliction, some severe visitation from God, to bring him to the knowledge of himself, and make him feel who and what he is.

From the "Concise Commentary on the Bible" by Matthew Henry.