Psalms 9:6

Psalms 9:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
• New International Version (NIV)Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The enemy is finished, in endless ruins; the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.

Context of Psalms 9:6

4For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment. 5You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished. 7But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, 8and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.

Psalms 9:6 word by word

הָֽאוֹיֵ֨ב׀ תַּ֥מּוּ חֳרָב֗וֹת לָ֫נֶ֥צַח וְעָרִ֥ים נָתַ֑שְׁתָּ אָבַ֖ד זִכְרָ֣ם הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O thou enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• destructionsחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• are come to a perpetualנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• endתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552
• and thou hast destroyedנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• citiesעָר‛âr · enemyH6145
• their memorialזֵ֫כֶרzêker zeker · memorialH2143
• is perishedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• with themהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992

Cross-references for Psalms 9:6

• Psalms 7:5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
• Psalms 8:2Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
• Exodus 15:16Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone, till your people, O Lord, pass by, till the people pass by whom you have purchased.
• Micah 7:8Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
• Psalms 46:9He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
• Exodus 14:13And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
• Isaiah 10:24Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: "O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did.
• Isaiah 14:6that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
• Nahum 1:9What do you plot against the Lord? He will make a complete end; trouble will not rise up a second time.
• 1 Corinthians 15:26The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
• Revelation 20:2And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
• 1 Samuel 30:1Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire
• 1 Samuel 31:7And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them.
• Isaiah 10:6Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Isaiah 14:17who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?'
• Isaiah 37:26"'Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should make fortified cities crash into heaps of ruins,

Commentaries on Psalms 9:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Destructions are come to a perpetual end - Rather, "The enemy is desolated for ever; for thou hast destroyed their cities, and their memory is perished with them." Multitudes of the cities of the Canaanites have perished so utterly that neither name nor vestige remains of them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6O thou enemy! - This verse has been very variously rendered and explained. For an examination of the particular views entertained of it, see particularly Rosenmuller, in loc. The reference is doubtless to the enemies mentioned in the previous verses; and the idea is substantially the same - that they were completely overcome and subdued. The phrase, “O thou enemy,” is probably to be regarded as the nominative absolute. “The enemy - his destructions or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6The psalmist praises God's judgment of the wicked. This shows the Lord's promise to establish his kingdom on earth is trustworthy (Psalms 1:6; 2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Literally, "As to the enemy finished are his ruins for ever. Thou [God] hast destroyed," &c. (1Sa 15:3, 7; 27:8, 9). The wicked are utterly undone. Their ruins shall never be repaired.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Desert
• Endure
• Gate
• Inquisition
• Muthlabben
• Perpetual
• Refuge
• Rejoice
• Snare

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