New English Translation
Psalms 9:19
19Rise up, Lord! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!
Psalms 9:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
- New International Version (NIV)Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
Context of Psalms 9:19
17The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God, 18for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed. Rise up, Lord! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence! 20Terrify them, Lord! Let the nations know they are mere mortals! (Selah)
Read all of Psalms 9Psalms 9:19 word by word
קוּמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אַל־יָעֹ֣ז אֱנ֑וֹשׁ יִשָּׁפְט֥וּ ג֝וֹיִ֗ם עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 9:19
- Psalms 3:7Rise up, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 7:6Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!
- Psalms 10:12Rise up, Lord! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!
- Psalms 68:1God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him.
- Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!
- Psalms 76:8From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent
- Psalms 80:2In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us!
- Isaiah 42:13The Lord emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power.
- Isaiah 51:9Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster?
- Zephaniah 3:8Therefore you must wait patiently for me,” says the Lord, “for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them – all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.
- Genesis 32:28“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, “but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
- 1 Samuel 2:9He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11Asa prayed to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!”
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?
- Psalms 79:6Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!
- Psalms 149:7in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.
Commentaries on Psalms 9:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Arise, O Lord - Let this be the time in which thou wilt deliver thy poor people under oppression and persecution.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Arise, O Lord - See the notes at Psalm 3:7. Let not man prevail - Against thee and thy cause. The war waged against the psalmist he regarded as waged against God, and he calls upon him, therefore, to interpose and vindicate his own cause. The word rendered “prevail” is be strong; that is, let not man seem to be stronger than thou art, or let, him not succeed in his efforts in opposing thy cause. Let the heathen be judged in thy sight - The nations to whom…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-20Verses 11-20 Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that he has not forgotten the cry of the humble; neither the cry of their blood, or the cry of their prayers. We are never brought so low, so near to death, but God can raise us up. If he has saved us from spiritual and eternal death, we may thence hope…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20The psalmist concludes his lament by asking God to act on his behalf. He prays for the Lord’s intervention against those who do wrong. This includes a request for divine vengeance (God’s just punishment of evildoers). The psalmist trusts that only God can bring true justice. but men: People who gain power and honor can become oppressive and assume glory for themselves (see Psalm 8:4; 10:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Arise--(compare Psa 4:7). let not man--(Psa 8:4). let ... be judged--and of course condemned.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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