Psalms 9:8

Psalms 9:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
• New International Version (NIV)He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

Context of Psalms 9:8

6O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished. 7But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment. And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity. 9And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress. 10And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Psalms 9:8 word by word

וְה֗וּא יִשְׁפֹּֽט־תֵּבֵ֥ל בְּצֶ֑דֶק יָדִ֥ין לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Psalms 9:8

• Psalms 50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah.
• Psalms 94:15For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
• Psalms 96:13Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
• Psalms 98:9Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
• Psalms 99:4And the strength of the king that loveth justice. Thou hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
• Genesis 18:25Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked — far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
• Acts 17:31because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.
• Romans 2:5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in [the] day of wrath and revelation of [the] righteous judgment of God,
• Romans 2:6who shall render to each according to his works:
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is [that] of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.

Commentaries on Psalms 9:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8He shall judpe the world in righteousness - All the dispensations of God's providence are founded in righteousness and truth.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And he shall judge the world in righteousness - The word here rendered world means properly the habitable earth; and then it denotes the inhabitants that dwell upon the earth. The statement here is general, and is suggested by what is referred to in the previous verses. In the particular case on which the psalm turns, God had manifested himself as a just Judge. He had overthrown the enemies of himself and of truth; he had interposed in behalf of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10The godly do not rely on human governments, which can be weak or corrupt. They understand that earthly rulers are limited and sometimes unfair. Instead, they put their hope in God’s eternal rule. God governs with perfect justice and fairness (see Psalms 96–100).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. God's eternal possession of a throne of justice is contrasted with the ruin of the wicked.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