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Psalms 9:3
3When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.
Psalms 9:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
- New International Version (NIV)My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
Context of Psalms 9:3
1I will give thanks and praise the Lord, with all my heart; I will tell aloud all Your wonders and marvelous deeds. 2I will rejoice and exult in you; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You. 4For You have maintained my right and my cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously. 5You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant; You have wiped out their name forever and ever.
Read all of Psalms 9Psalms 9:3 word by word
בְּשׁוּב־אוֹיְבַ֥י אָח֑וֹר יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ וְ֝יֹאבְד֗וּ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 9:3
- Psalms 68:1Let God arise, and His enemies be scattered; Let those who hate Him flee before Him.
- Psalms 76:7You, even You, are to be feared [with the submissive wonder of reverence]; Who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry?
- Psalms 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your [angry] appearance.
- Isaiah 64:3When You did awesome and amazing things which we did not expect, You came down [at Sinai]; the mountains quaked at Your presence.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
- Revelation 6:12I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth [made] of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;
- Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them [for this heaven and earth are passing away].
Commentaries on Psalms 9:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3When mine enemies are turned back - It is a sure sign of a nearly approaching complete conquest over sin, when, by resistance to its influences, it begins to lose its power. That is the time to follow on to know the Lord.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3When mine enemies are turned back - Who these enemies were, the psalmist does not say. It is clear, however, as was remarked in the introduction, that the psalm was composed: (a) in view of a victory which had been achieved over some formidable enemies; and (b) in view of some dangers still impending from a similar source. The literal meaning of the passage here is, “In the turning of my enemies back;” that is, in their retreat, defeat, overthrow. So far…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3retreat … stumble: The Lord overpowers even powerful enemies (see Psalm 27:2). Israel also experienced judgment when it resisted the Lord (107:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. When ... are turned back--It is the result of God's power alone. He, as a righteous Judge (Psa 7:11), vindicates His people. He rebukes by acts as well as words (Psa 6:1; 18:15), and so effectually as to destroy the names of nations as well as persons.Read the comment
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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
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