Psalms 9:16

Psalms 9:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah

Context of Psalms 9:16

14That I may shew forth all thy praise: in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The 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. 18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

Psalms 9:16 word by word

נ֤וֹדַ֨ע׀ יְהוָה֮ מִשְׁפָּ֪ט עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בְּפֹ֣עַל כַּ֭פָּיו נוֹקֵ֣שׁ רָשָׁ֑ע הִגָּי֥וֹן סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• himselfרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• judgmentגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Psalms 9:16

• Psalms 48:11Let mount Zion be glad, let the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of thy judgments.
• Psalms 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
• Psalms 83:17Let them be ashamed and dismayed for ever; yea, let them be confounded and perish:
• Exodus 7:5And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
• Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
• Deuteronomy 29:22And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith the LORD hath made it sick;
• Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
• Judges 1:7And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
• 1 Samuel 6:19And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned, because the LORD had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
• 1 Samuel 17:46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from off thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel:
• 2 Kings 19:19Now therefore, O LORD our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
• Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
• Psalms 140:9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
• Proverbs 6:2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
• Proverbs 12:13In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
• Isaiah 8:15And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

Commentaries on Psalms 9:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The Lord is known by the judgment - It is not every casualty that can properly be called a judgment of God. Judgment is his strange work; but when he executes it, his mind is plainly to be seen. There are no natural causes to which such calamities can be legally attributed. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands - There is nothing that a wicked man does that is not against his own interest. He is continually doing himself harm, and takes more…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth - By what; he does in his dealings with men, in dispensing rewards and punishments, bestowing blessings upon the righteous, and sending punishments upon the ungodly. That is, his character can be learned from his dealings with mankind; or, by studying the dispensation of his Providence, we may learn what he is. This is always a fair and proper way of estimating character, alike in regard to God and man…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

Topics related to Psalms 9:16

• Judgments
• Music
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Endure
• Gate
• Hand
• Higgaion
• Inquisition
• Muthlabben
• Perpetual
• Refuge
• Rejoice

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