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Psalms 9:8
8He is fair when he judges all the people in the world. He brings justice to all the nations.
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
6Down came the cities of our enemies! You destroyed them for ever. People will just forget them. 7Every day the Lord will rule as king. He sits on his throne as judge. He is fair when he judges all the people in the world. He brings justice to all the nations. 9For people who suffer, the Lord gives them a safe place. When trouble comes to them, he keeps them safe. 10Everyone who knows you, Lord, trusts in you. You will never turn away from anyone who comes to you for help.
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וְה֗וּא יִשְׁפֹּֽט־תֵּבֵ֥ל בְּצֶ֑דֶק יָדִ֥ין לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 9:8
- Psalms 50:6The skies above show that God is righteous, and God himself is the judge. Selah.
- Psalms 94:15Once again, judges will do what is right and fair, and good, honest people will agree.
- Psalms 96:13They will sing to praise the Lord, for he will come to judge the earth. He is a fair judge. He will judge all the people of the world with his truth.
- Psalms 98:9to praise the Lord. He is coming to judge the earth. He is a fair judge. He will judge all the people of the world honestly.
- Psalms 99:4You are a strong king who loves justice. You have made fair rules, so that people in Israel do what is right.
- Genesis 18:25Will you kill them all, the good people and the bad people? Surely you would not do anything like that! You would not punish good people in the same way as bad people. You are the great judge of everyone on the earth. You will surely do what is right!’
- 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.
- Acts 17:31God has already chosen one special day. On that day he will judge everyone in the world in a completely right way. He has chosen a man who will do this for him. He has shown clearly to everyone who that man is. He showed it like this: People killed that man. But God caused him to live again.’
- Romans 2:5But you refuse to change the way that you live. You are not sorry about the wrong things that you have done. As a result, you cause God to become even angrier with you. So he will punish you even more on the day when he will judge everyone. On that day, he will show how angry he is against people who do bad things. Everyone will know that he judges people in a right way.
- Romans 2:6He will give to each person what they ought to have because of the things that they have done.
- Revelation 20:12I also saw the people who had died, important people and ordinary people. They were standing in front of the great throne. Then someone opened books to see what was in them. God had written in them all the things that the people had done. Then someone opened another book which is God's book of life. God judged the people who had died. He looked in the books to see what they had done, and he decided what was right.
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
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