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Psalms 76:9
9This happened when you came to punish wicked people. You came to rescue the weak and poor people in the land. Selah.
Psalms 76:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)when you, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)when God arose to establish judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)When God arose to judgment, To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah
Context of Psalms 76:9
7Yes, everyone is afraid of you, our God! When you are angry, nobody can stand against you. 8From heaven you said how you would judge people. Everybody on earth became afraid. They could not say anything! This happened when you came to punish wicked people. You came to rescue the weak and poor people in the land. Selah. 10Everybody will praise you, even those who are angry against you. You will show them how angry you really are. 11Make promises to the Lord your God, and do what you have promised. Everyone who serves God should bring gifts to him. We must respect him with fear.
Read all of Psalms 76Psalms 76:9 word by word
בְּקוּם־לַמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט אֱלֹהִ֑ים לְהוֹשִׁ֖יעַ כָּל־עַנְוֵי־אֶ֣רֶץ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 76:9
- Psalms 9:7Every day the Lord will rule as king. He sits on his throne as judge.
- Psalms 72:4Please help the king to judge poor people fairly. May he save the children of weak people, and destroy those cruel people who hurt them.
- Psalms 82:2He asks them, ‘How long will you continue to judge people in a way that is not fair? How long will you say that wicked people are right? Selah.
- Isaiah 11:4But he will judge poor people with true justice. He will decide to do what is right for all the helpless people. He will have authority everywhere in the land. The words that he speaks will bring death to wicked people.
- Jeremiah 5:28They are very fat and healthy. They will never stop doing evil things. They do not help poor people or children who have no family. They do not try to get justice for them.’
- Psalms 25:9He is a guide for humble people, so that they know what is right. He teaches them to follow his way.
- Psalms 149:4When the Lord's people serve him, it makes him happy. He is happy to help humble people, so that people respect them.
- Matthew 5:5Happy are the people who are kind. The whole earth will belong to them.
- 1 Peter 3:4Do not just think about your body, but think about what you are really like inside yourself. Be patient and do not become angry easily. Then you will always continue to be beautiful. If you are beautiful in your spirit, God likes that very much.
Commentaries on Psalms 76:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The meek of the earth - The humbled or oppressed people of the land. The poor Jews, now utterly helpless, and calling upon the Lord for succor.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9When God arose to judgment - That is, when he came to overthrow and destroy the enemies of his people, as referred to in the former part of the psalm. To save all the meek of the earth - Of the land - to wit, the land of Judea; or, to save his people when in affliction. The word “meek,” which with us usually means those who are forbearing under injuries, means here the humble, the afflicted, the crushed, the oppressed.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 God's people are the meek of the earth, the quiet in the land, that suffer wrong, but do none. The righteous God seems to keep silence long, yet, sooner or later, he will make judgment to be heard. We live in an angry, provoking world; we often feel much, and are apt to fear more, from the wrath of man. What will not turn to his praise, shall not be suffered to break out. He can set bounds to the wrath of man, as he does to the raging sea…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The needy await their victorious God, while the wicked stand in fear of him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. God's judgment on the wicked is His people's deliverance (Psa 9:12; 10:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 76
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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