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Psalms 76:9
9When God arose to judgment, To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah
Psalms 76:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)when you, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)when God arose to establish judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah
- New Living Translation (NLT)You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God, and to rescue the oppressed of the earth. Interlude
Context of Psalms 76:9
7You, Yourself, are to be feared; And who may stand in Your presence When once You are angry? 8You caused judgment to be heard from heaven; The earth feared and was still, When God arose to judgment, To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah 10Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself. 11Make vows to the Lord your God, and pay them; Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared.
Read all of Psalms 76Psalms 76:9 word by word
בְּקוּם־לַמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט אֱלֹהִ֑ים לְהוֹשִׁ֖יעַ כָּל־עַנְוֵי־אֶ֣רֶץ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 76:9
- Psalms 9:7But the Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.
- Psalms 72:4He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.
- Psalms 82:2How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
- Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.
- Psalms 25:9The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way.
- Psalms 149:4For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.
- Zephaniah 2:3Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the Lord’s anger.
- Matthew 5:5Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.
- 1 Peter 3:4rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
Commentaries on Psalms 76:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The meek of the earth - The humbled or oppressed people of the land. The poor Jews, now utterly helpless, and calling upon the Lord for succor.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9When God arose to judgment - That is, when he came to overthrow and destroy the enemies of his people, as referred to in the former part of the psalm. To save all the meek of the earth - Of the land - to wit, the land of Judea; or, to save his people when in affliction. The word “meek,” which with us usually means those who are forbearing under injuries, means here the humble, the afflicted, the crushed, the oppressed.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 God's people are the meek of the earth, the quiet in the land, that suffer wrong, but do none. The righteous God seems to keep silence long, yet, sooner or later, he will make judgment to be heard. We live in an angry, provoking world; we often feel much, and are apt to fear more, from the wrath of man. What will not turn to his praise, shall not be suffered to break out. He can set bounds to the wrath of man, as he does to the raging sea…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The needy await their victorious God, while the wicked stand in fear of him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. God's judgment on the wicked is His people's deliverance (Psa 9:12; 10:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 76
- 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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