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Psalms 9:8
8He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness.
Context of Psalms 9:8
6Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished. 7The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity. 9The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. 10Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Read all of Psalms 9Psalms 9:8 word by word
וְה֗וּא יִשְׁפֹּֽט־תֵּבֵ֥ל בְּצֶ֑דֶק יָדִ֥ין לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 9:8
- Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.
- Psalms 94:15Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
- Psalms 96:13Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.
- Psalms 98:9let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.
- Psalms 99:4The King is mighty, he loves justice— you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
- Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
- Acts 17:31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
- Romans 2:5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Romans 2:6God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
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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