Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 9:8
8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 9:8
6O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. 7But Yhwh shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 9Yhwh also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Yhwh, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Read all of Psalms 9Psalms 9:8 word by word
וְה֗וּא יִשְׁפֹּֽט־תֵּבֵ֥ל בְּצֶ֑דֶק יָדִ֥ין לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 9:8
- Psalms 50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
- Psalms 94:15But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
- Psalms 96:13Before Yhwh: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
- Psalms 98:9Before Yhwh; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
- Psalms 99:4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
- Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
- Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
- Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Romans 2:6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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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