I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name (see the comment on Psalms 8:9 ). O thou most High (comp. Psalms 7:17 ; and see also Genesis 14:18 , Genesis 14:19 , Genesis 14:22 ). Ellen ( עֶלְיוֹן ) was a recognized name of God among the Phoenicians. read more
When mine enemies are turned back ; or, because mine enemies are turned back ('Speaker's Commentary'); i.e. made to retreat, repulsed, driven before me in hasty flight. They shall fall and perish at thy presence; or, they stumble and perish , etc. The psalmist represents the enemy, poetically, "as if they had been thrown to the ground by the glance of God's fiery countenance" (Hengstenberg). read more
I will be glad - I will rejoice, and will express my joy.And rejoice in thee - I will exult; I will triumph. That is, he would express his joy in God - in knowing that there was such a Being; in all that he had done for him; in all the evidences of his favor and friendship.Will sing praise to thy name - To thee; the name often being put for the person.O thou Most High - Thou who art supreme - the God over all. See the notes at Psalms 7:17. read more
When mine enemies are turned back - Who these enemies were, the psalmist does not say. It is clear, however, as was remarked in the introduction, that the psalm was composed:(a) in view of a victory which had been achieved over some formidable enemies; and(b) in view of some dangers still impending from a similar source.The literal meaning of the passage here is, “In the turning of my enemies back;” that is, in their retreat, defeat, overthrow. So far as the Hebrew form of expression is... read more
Psalms 9:1-2. I will praise thee with my whole heart With a sincere, affectionate, and devout heart. I will show forth all thy marvellous works I will discourse, in the general, of thy manifold wonders wrought for me, and for thy church and people formerly. The particle all is here, as it is often elsewhere, taken in a restrained sense. I will rejoice in thee In thy favour and help vouchsafed to me. read more
Psalms 9:3. When mine enemies are turned back Discomfited and put to flight; they shall fall and perish They shall not save themselves by flight and so reserve themselves to do farther mischief but shall stumble, as it were, at the obstacles and impediments laid by thee in their way, and shall be pursued, overtaken, and cut off; at thy presence Upon thy appearing against them. One angry look of thine is sufficient to confound and destroy them. Hebrew, מפניךְ , mippaneicha, from thy... read more
Psalms 9-10 God fights for the oppressedIn Psalms 9:0 and 10 we meet another kind of Hebrew verse, the acrostic. (Other acrostics are Psalms 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119 and 145.) In an acrostic the first word of each verse (or stanza) begins with a different letter of the 22-letter Hebrew alphabet, moving in order, so to speak, ‘from A to Z’. The acrostic in this case moves unbroken through Psalms 9:0 and 10, indicating that originally they probably formed one psalm. The absence of a heading to... read more
MOST HIGH. Hebrew. Elyon. read more
"When mine enemies turn back,They stumble and perish at thy presence.For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously."See alternate reading for Psalms 9:3 under Psalms 9:2."Thou hast maintained my right." These words indicate that God had already revealed to David the triumph over enemies which, although yet future, was what prompted this outpouring of thanksgiving and praise on David's part. "God has already passed judgment so that there is no... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 9:1-20
Praise for the destroyer's destruction. The title of this psalm is obscure. Its archaisms cannot now be satisfactorily explained. And even a reference to the most learned expositors may possibly only increase the confusion. £ The title, indeed, is very suggestive. It reads, "Upon the death of Labben." Walford regards "Muth-labben" as the name of a musical instrument. For this we can find no warrant. The word muth , which is equivalent to "death," seems to put us on a line of thought... read more