Psalms 9:4

Psalms 9:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
• New International Version (NIV)For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.

Context of Psalms 9:4

2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. 3When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You. For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously. 5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. 6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

Psalms 9:4 word by word

כִּֽי־עָ֭שִׂיתָ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י וְדִינִ֑י יָשַׁ֥בְתָּ לְ֝כִסֵּ֗א שׁוֹפֵ֥ט צֶֽדֶק׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• You have upheldעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• my justמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• causeדִּיןdîyn dûn · judgmentH1779
• You sitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• on Your throneכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• judgingשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• righteouslyצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664

Cross-references for Psalms 9:4

• Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
• Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
• Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
• Psalms 47:8God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
• Psalms 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
• Psalms 96:13before 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.
• Psalms 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
• Isaiah 11:4but 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.
• 1 Peter 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

Commentaries on Psalms 9:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause - My righteous cause; that is, when he was unequally attacked. When his enemies came upon him in an unprovoked and cruel manner, God had interposed and had defended his cause. This shows that the psalmist refers to something that had occurred in the past; also that he regarded his cause as right - for the interposition of God in his behalf had confirmed him in this belief. Thou satest in the throne judging…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The throne represents the Lord’s royal authority.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