Tree of Life Version
Psalms 9:7
7The enemy is finished, in ruins forever. You overturned their cities— even the memory of them has perished.
Psalms 9:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,
- New King James Version (NKJV)But the Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.
Context of Psalms 9:7
5For You upheld my right and my cause. You sat upon the throne, judging righteously. 6You rebuked the nations, You destroyed the wicked— blotting out their name forever and ever. The enemy is finished, in ruins forever. You overturned their cities— even the memory of them has perished. 8But Adonai reigns forever. He established His throne for judgment. 9He judges the world in righteousness and governs the peoples justly.
Read all of Psalms 9Psalms 9:7 word by word
וַֽ֭יהוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם יֵשֵׁ֑ב כּוֹנֵ֖ן לַמִּשְׁפָּ֣ט כִּסְאֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 9:7
- Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born, or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God!
- Psalms 102:12My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.
- Hebrews 1:11They shall pass away, but You remain. And they will all wear out like clothing.
- Hebrews 13:8Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- 2 Peter 3:8But don’t forget this one thing, loved ones, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.
- Psalms 50:3Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire is devouring before Him, and it storms around Him mightily.
- Psalms 103:19Adonai has set up His throne in the heavens, and His kingdom rules over all.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne, and the One seated on it. The earth and heaven fled from His presence, but no place was found for them.
Commentaries on Psalms 9:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7But the Lord shall endure - All things shall have an end but God and holy spirits.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7But the Lord shall endure for ever - Yahweh is eternal - always the same. Though these cities have become desolate, and the enemy has been permitted to triumph, and nations and people have passed away, yet God is ever the same, unaffected by these changes and desolations, and in due time he will always interfere and vindicate his own character, and defend the oppressed and the wronged. He hath prepared his throne for judgment - See Psalm 9:4. He sits as a…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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