Revised Version 1895
Psalms 9:15
15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 9:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- New International Version (NIV)The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
Context of Psalms 9:15
13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death; 14That I may shew forth all thy praise: in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation. The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higaion. Selah 17The wicked shall return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
Read all of Psalms 9Psalms 9:15 word by word
טָבְע֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם בְּשַׁ֣חַת עָשׂ֑וּ בְּרֶֽשֶׁת־ז֥וּ טָ֝מָ֗נוּ נִלְכְּדָ֥ה רַגְלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 9:15
- Psalms 7:15He hath made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: with destruction let him fall therein.
- Psalms 37:15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
- Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; thy soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah
- Psalms 94:23And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall cut them off.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
- Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Commentaries on Psalms 9:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The heathen are sank down to the pit - See on Psalm 7:15; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The heathen - Hebrew, “The nations;” that is, the idolatrous people that were arrayed against him. See the notes at Psalm 9:5. Are sunk down - That is, referring to those who had been overcome, as mentioned in Psalm 9:5; or to those who still encompassed him, in respect to whom he was so certain that they would be overcome that he could speak of it as a thing already accomplished. According to the former view, it would be an encouragement derived from the…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. 1-21This hymn celebrates the Lord's rule and triumph over evil. It may also respond to the laments in Psalms 3–7. Some believe that Psalms 9 and 10 should be read together as one psalm in two parts. This is because Psalm 9 has a title, while Psalm 10 does not. Despite some missing or inverted letters, the two psalms form an acrostic of the Hebrew alphabet. This means that each line or section begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Other…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. The undesigned results of the devices of the wicked prove them to be of God's overruling or ordering, especially when those results are destructive to the wicked themselves.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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