Psalms 9:13

Psalms 9:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
• New International Version (NIV)Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Context of Psalms 9:13

11Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His [great and wondrous] deeds. 12For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people); He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused. Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord; See how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, 14That I may tell aloud all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) I may rejoice in Your salvation and Your help. 15The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Psalms 9:13 word by word

חָֽנְנֵ֬נִי יְהוָ֗ה רְאֵ֣ה עָ֭נְיִי מִשֹּׂנְאָ֑י מְ֝רוֹמְמִ֗י מִשַּׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Have mercyחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• upon me, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• considerרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: behold!H7200
• my troubleעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
• of them that hateשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• me, thou that liftest me upרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• from the gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Psalms 9:13

• Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
• Psalms 119:132Turn to me and be gracious to me and show me favor, As is Your way to those who love Your name.
• Psalms 13:3Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
• Psalms 25:19Look upon my enemies, for they are many; They hate me with cruel and violent hatred.
• Psalms 119:153Look upon my agony and rescue me, For I do not forget Your law.
• Psalms 142:6Give attention to my cry, For I am brought very low; Rescue me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.
• Nehemiah 9:32“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness, Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You, Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people, Since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
• Lamentations 1:9Her (ceremonial) uncleanness was on her skirts; She did not [seriously] consider her future. Therefore she has come down [from throne to slavery] in an astonishing manner; She has no comforter. “O Lord” [cries Jerusalem], “look at my affliction, For the enemy has magnified himself [in triumph]!”
• Psalms 30:3O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead); You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).
• Psalms 56:13For You have rescued my soul from death, Yes, and my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of life.
• Psalms 86:13For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me; And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].
• Psalms 107:18They detested all kinds of food, And they drew near to the gates of death.
• Psalms 116:3The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me, And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
• Isaiah 38:10I said, “In mid-life I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead), I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”
• John 2:6Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing), containing twenty or thirty gallons each.

Commentaries on Psalms 9:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Have mercy upon me, O Lord - David, having laid down the preceding maxims, now claims his part in their truth. I also am in trouble through the unjust dealings of my enemies; I am brought to the gates of death; have mercy on me, and lift me up, that, being saved from the gates of death, I may show forth thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. The gates of death - an open grave, leading to a yawning hell. The gates of the daughter of Zion - all…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Have mercy upon me, O Lord - The cry for mercy implies that though God had interposed and granted them surprising deliverances, yet he was still surrounded by enemies, and was still in trouble. See introduction to the psalm, 2,3. He had been delivered from many troubles, but there were many still pressing upon him, and he now calls on God to interpose further in his behalf, and to grant him entire deliverance from all his sorrows and dangers. The trouble…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-20Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14The psalmist returns from a vision of the glorious future to the reality of facing his enemies (Psalm 9:3). The gates are a strong image of the powerful grip of death (see Psalm 13:3–4). The gates of Daughter Zion (that is, Jerusalem) provide an intentional contrast to the gates of death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. gates--or, "regions." of death--Gates being the entrance is put for the bounds.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 9:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Gates

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Death
• Endure
• Gate
• Inquisition
• Muthlabben
• Perpetual
• Refuge
• Rejoice
• Snare

Commentaries on Psalms 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings