1 To him that excelleth vpon Muth Laben. A Psalme of Dauid. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart: I will speake of all thy marueilous workes. 2 I will bee glad, and reioyce in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name, O most High, 3 For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer. 6 O enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed the cities: their memoriall is perished with them. 7 But the Lord shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement. 8 For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnes, and shall iudge the people with equitie. 9 The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction. 10 And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not failed them that seeke thee. 11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes. 12 For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore. 13 Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate mee, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death, 14 That I may shewe all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation. 15 The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken. 16 The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. Higgaion. Selah. 17 The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God. 18 For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer. 19 Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight. 20 Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. Selah.
Psalm 9 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Original 16th-century spelling.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 86:12; 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 145:1–3; Psalm 103:1–2
- 2 Psalm 83:18; Psalm 5:11; Psalm 7:17; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 97:9
- 3 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 20:11; Revelation 6:12–17; Psalm 76:7; Psalm 80:16
- 4 Psalm 140:12; 1 Peter 2:23; Psalm 98:9; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 47:8
- 5 Proverbs 10:7; Revelation 19:15; Malachi 4:3; Deuteronomy 9:14; Proverbs 13:9
- 6 Exodus 14:13; Isaiah 14:22–23; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Micah 7:8; Nahum 1:9–13
- 7 Psalm 103:19; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 20:11; Psalm 89:14; Psalm 102:12
- 8 Psalm 96:13; Revelation 20:12–13; Psalm 98:9; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16
- 9 Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 91:1–2; Nahum 1:7; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 46:1
- 10 Psalm 91:14; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 26:3–4; Psalm 105:3–4; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10
- 11 Psalm 107:22; Psalm 96:1–2; Psalm 148:1–5; Psalm 66:2; Isaiah 12:4–6
- 12 Psalm 34:6; Exodus 3:7; Revelation 16:6; Genesis 9:5; Revelation 6:9–10
- 13 Psalm 30:3; Psalm 86:13; Isaiah 38:10; Psalm 13:3; Psalm 107:18
- 14 Psalm 13:5; Psalm 35:9; 1 Samuel 2:1; Psalm 51:12; Psalm 20:5
- 15 Psalm 57:6; Psalm 35:8; Psalm 7:15–16; Proverbs 5:22; Proverbs 22:8
- 16 Exodus 7:5; Proverbs 12:13; Exodus 14:31; Psalm 83:17–18; Joshua 2:10–11
- 17 Psalm 50:22; Revelation 21:8; Romans 2:8–9; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9; Job 8:13
- 18 Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14; James 2:5; Luke 6:20
- 19 Psalm 3:7; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 149:7; Psalm 74:22–23
- 20 Isaiah 31:3; Jeremiah 32:40; Psalm 62:9; Psalm 82:6–7; Psalm 76:12
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The inscription of this Psalm is, "To the end for the hidden things of the Son, a Psalm of David himself." As to the hidden things of the Son there may be a question: but since he has not added whose, the very only-begotten Son of God should be understood.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… all things predicted by the Lord, and who in this respect strive to follow the footprints of the Lord's passion, having become martyrs of the suffering One; these we do also enrol with the martyrs themselves. For, when inquisition shall be made for their blood, and they shall attain to glory, then all shall be confounded by Christ, who have …
Love lifts us up thither, and Thy good Spirit lifteth our lowliness from the gates of death. In Thy good pleasure lies our peace.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… shall exist in that most imperturbable security of perpetual and blissful delights, then the expression, "The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever," must be taken in the same sense as that other, "The patience of the poor shall not perish for ever." For patience, which is necessary only where ills are to be borne, shall not be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"All men are liars." We have chanted, "Arise, Lord; let not man prevail." What is, "let not man prevail"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)