Psalms 9:6

Psalms 9:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
• New International Version (NIV)Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.

Context of Psalms 9:6

4For you have judged in my favor; from your throne you have judged with fairness. 5You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their names forever. The enemy is finished, in endless ruins; the cities you uprooted are now forgotten. 7But the Lord reigns forever, executing judgment from his throne. 8He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness.

Psalms 9:6 word by word

הָֽאוֹיֵ֨ב׀ תַּ֥מּוּ חֳרָב֗וֹת לָ֫נֶ֥צַח וְעָרִ֥ים נָתַ֑שְׁתָּ אָבַ֖ד זִכְרָ֣ם הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O thou enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• destructionsחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• are come to a perpetualנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• endתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552
• and thou hast destroyedנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• citiesעָר‛âr · enemyH6145
• their memorialזֵ֫כֶרzêker zeker · memorialH2143
• is perishedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• with themהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992

Cross-references for Psalms 9:6

• Psalms 7:5then let my enemies capture me. Let them trample me into the ground and drag my honor in the dust. Interlude
• Psalms 8:2You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
• Exodus 15:16terror and dread fall upon them. The power of your arm makes them lifeless as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people you purchased pass by.
• Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemies! For though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
• Psalms 46:9He causes wars to end throughout the earth. He breaks the bow and snaps the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
• Exodus 14:13But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.
• Isaiah 10:24So this is what the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, says: “O my people in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you with rod and club as the Egyptians did long ago.
• Isaiah 14:6You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny.
• Nahum 1:9Why are you scheming against the Lord? He will destroy you with one blow; he won’t need to strike twice!
• 1 Corinthians 15:26And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.
• Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years.
• 1 Samuel 30:1Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground.
• 1 Samuel 31:7When the Israelites on the other side of the Jezreel Valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.
• Isaiah 10:6I am sending Assyria against a godless nation, against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
• Isaiah 14:17Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’
• Isaiah 37:26“But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble.

Commentaries on Psalms 9:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Destructions are come to a perpetual end - Rather, "The enemy is desolated for ever; for thou hast destroyed their cities, and their memory is perished with them." Multitudes of the cities of the Canaanites have perished so utterly that neither name nor vestige remains of them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6O thou enemy! - This verse has been very variously rendered and explained. For an examination of the particular views entertained of it, see particularly Rosenmuller, in loc. The reference is doubtless to the enemies mentioned in the previous verses; and the idea is substantially the same - that they were completely overcome and subdued. The phrase, “O thou enemy,” is probably to be regarded as the nominative absolute. “The enemy - his destructions or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6The psalmist praises God's judgment of the wicked. This shows the Lord's promise to establish his kingdom on earth is trustworthy (Psalms 1:6; 2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Literally, "As to the enemy finished are his ruins for ever. Thou [God] hast destroyed," &c. (1Sa 15:3, 7; 27:8, 9). The wicked are utterly undone. Their ruins shall never be repaired.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Desert
• Endure
• Gate
• Inquisition
• Muthlabben
• Perpetual
• Refuge
• Rejoice
• Snare

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