Psalm 9:15 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 9:1-20

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 9:15

"The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made:In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment:The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)"As many have pointed out, "The writer picks up the theme of the end-time again."[17] Also the message of Psalms 7:15-16 is brought in again here. That the wicked do indeed destroy themselves by their own wicked devices is an eternally true principle. As Watkinson... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 9:15

Psalms 9:15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit, &c.— This makes a fine break in the poem; and David so often uses this method, that it will be sufficient to have hinted it once. You see his imagination is warmed to that degree, that he seems already to behold the destruction of his foes, and, in a sort of prophetic rapture, proceeds to describe their destiny. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 9:15

15, 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 more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 9:1-20

Psalms 9The Septuagint translators combined Psalms 9, 10 into one psalm, even though they are separate in the Hebrew text. Consequently, from this psalm through Psalms 147, the numbering of the psalms in the Roman Catholic versions of the Bible differs from the numbering in the Protestant versions. The Roman Catholic versions follow the Septuagint (Greek) and Vulgate (Latin) versions, whereas the Protestant versions follow the Hebrew Bible. Twice the Septuagint translators combined or... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 9:13-20

2. Petition for present deliverance 9:13-20Since God had proved faithful to uphold the afflicted righteous in the past, David called on Him to deliver him from his present evil enemies. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 9:15-16

These verses are probably an expression of David’s confidence that the Lord would deliver him in anticipation of that deliverance (cf. Revelation 18:2). The psalmist had already seen the wicked ensnared in their own traps many times, and he was sure this would happen again (cf. Psalms 7:15)."Higgaion" is probably a musical notation specifying quieter music. [Note: Kidner, p. 37.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 9:1-20

Psalms 9, 10 are combined in LXX, and there is certainly a real, though obscure, relationship between them. The two together form one ’acrostic,’ the vv. beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, though in both Pss. there is a gap in the arrangement. The subject matter of the two Pss., however, does not suggest that we have in tbem the two halves of what was originally a single Ps. Psalms 9 is distinctly national and Psalms 10 as distinctly personal, and though both may be... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 9:15

(15) Comp. Psalms 7:16. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 9:1-20

Psalms 9:10 The name of God always means, in the Bible, the nature and character of God. Our religion in its very essence necessarily depends upon our conception of the nature and character of our God. Your idea of God, your belief about what He is in nature and character, is bound to colour all your relations to Him. I might, of course, say a great deal about the conception of God which is given to us in the Christian revelation, but for the many things that might be said I shall just now... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 9:1-20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 9:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 9:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 9:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 9:1-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 9:13-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 9:15-16

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 9:1-20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 9:15

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 9:1-20

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