God’s Word Translation
Psalms 86:9
9All the nations that you have made will bow in your presence, O Lord. They will honor you.
Psalms 86:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
- New International Version (NIV)All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All nations whom You have made Shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify Your name.
Context of Psalms 86:9
7When I am in trouble, I call out to you because you answer me. 8No god is like you, O Lord. No one can do what you do. All the nations that you have made will bow in your presence, O Lord. They will honor you. 10Indeed, you are great, a worker of miracles. You alone are God. 11Teach me your way, O Lord, so that I may live in your truth. Focus my heart on fearing you.
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כָּל־גּוֹיִ֤ם׀ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֗יתָ יָב֤וֹאוּ׀ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ לְפָנֶ֣יךָ אֲדֹנָ֑י וִֽיכַבְּד֣וּ לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- All nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- whom thou hast madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- and worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- thee, O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- and shall glorifyכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
- thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
Cross-references for Psalms 86:9
- Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and return to the Lord. All the families from all the nations will worship you
- Psalms 66:4The whole earth will worship you. It will make music to praise you. It will make music to praise your name.” Selah
- Psalms 67:7May God bless us, and may all the ends of the earth worship him.
- Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 102:14Your servants value Zion’s stones, and they pity its rubble.
- Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established as the highest of the mountains and raised above the hills. All the nations will stream to it.
- Isaiah 11:9They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain. The world will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord like water covering the sea.
- Isaiah 43:7Bring everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.
- Isaiah 59:19The people of the west will fear the name of the Lord. Those in the east will fear his glory. He will come like a rushing stream. The wind of the Lord pushes him.
- Isaiah 66:23From one month to the next and from one week to the next all people will come to worship me,” declares the Lord.
- Zechariah 14:9The Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be the only Lord and his name the only name.
- Romans 11:25Brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery so that you won’t become arrogant. The minds of some Israelites have become closed until all of God’s non-Jewish people are included.
- Revelation 11:15When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule as king forever and ever.”
- Revelation 15:4Lord, who won’t fear and praise your name? You are the only holy one, and all the nations will come to worship you because they know about your fair judgments.”
- Revelation 20:3He threw it into the bottomless pit. The angel shut and sealed the pit over the serpent to keep it from deceiving the nations anymore until the 1,000 years were over. After that it must be set free for a little while.
- Romans 15:9People who are not Jewish praise God for his mercy as well. This is what the Scriptures say, “That is why I will give thanks to you among the nations and I will sing praises to your name.”
Commentaries on Psalms 86:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9All nations - Thy word shall be proclaimed among all the Gentiles: they shall receive thy testimony, and worship thee as the only true and living God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9All nations whom thou hast made shall come - In this verse the psalmist expresses his belief that the conviction which he entertained about the ability of God to save - about his being the only true God - would yet pervade all the nations of the earth; that they all would yet be convinced that he was the true God, and would come and worship him alone. So clear to him seemed to be the evidence of the existence and perfections of God that he did not doubt…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 Our God alone possesses almighty power and infinite love. Christ is the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth of God, in order to walk therein, than to be delivered out of earthly distress. Those who set not the Lord before them, seek after believers' souls; but the compassion, mercy, and truth of God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10All the nations must submit themselves to the Lord and worship him (Psalms 45:17; 117:1; 148:7–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. The pious Jews believed that God's common relation to all would be ultimately acknowledged by all men (Psa 45:12-16; 47:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 86
- 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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