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Psalms 9:19
19Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph; let 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Arise, O Lord! Do not let mere mortals defy you! Judge the nations!
Context of Psalms 9:19
17The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God. 18But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish. Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence. 20Strike them with terror, Lord; let the nations know they are only mortal.
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 3:7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 7:6Arise, Lord, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
- Psalms 10:12Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
- Psalms 68:1May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
- Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
- Psalms 76:8From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet—
- Psalms 80:2before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.
- Isaiah 42:13The Lord will march out like a champion, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, arm of the Lord, clothe yourself with strength! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through?
- Zephaniah 3:8Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord, “for the day I will stand up to testify. I have decided to assemble the nations, to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.
- Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”
- 1 Samuel 2:9He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;
- 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 79:6Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;
- Psalms 149:7to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
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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