Psalm 9:20 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 9:19-20

Psalms 9:19-20. Arise, O Lord Stir up thyself, exert thy power: let not man prevail Consult thine own honour and let not men, Hebrew, weak, miserable, and mortal men, prevail against the kingdom and interest of the almighty and immortal God: shall mortal man be too hard for God, too strong for his Maker? Let the heathen be judged in thy sight Let them be evidently called to an account for all the dishonour done to thee, and the mischief done to thy people. Impenitent sinners will be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 9:20

Put them in fear = Appoint them some terror. nations. As in Psa 9:59 read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 9:20

Psalms 9:20. To be but men— Fenwick renders this verse: Let them a guide and teacher have, O Lord! Their helpless state make thou the nations know: alluding to the future conversion of the Gentiles. REFLECTIONS.—1st, David begins this Psalms 1:0. With praise and joy. His whole heart was engaged; if not in perfection, yet in sincerity, to shew forth God's marvellous works; and all of them, so far as his memory could reach; especially the many and signal assistances which the Most High had given... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 9:20

20. By their effectual subjection, make them to realize their frail nature ( :-), and deter them from all conceit and future rebellion. 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 9:19-20

David concluded this psalm with a request for God to remind the nations of their frail mortality-by judging them. Hopefully this would mean they would stop opposing the godly. Again (cf. Psalms 8:4), David used the word ’enosh ("man" and "men") to emphasize man in his frail mortality (cf. Genesis 3:19; Psalms 8:4; Psalms 39:11; Psalms 144:4).God’s people should remember God’s past acts of deliverance and praise Him publicly for these as we face the opposition of wicked enemies of righteousness.... 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 9:20

(20) Put them in fear.—There is a difficulty about the reading. The LXX., Vulg., and Syriac read “place a lawgiver or master over them.” So Syriac, “law.” Hitzig conjectures, “set a guard upon them.” With the present reading apparently the rendering should be, put a terror upon them: i.e., “give such a proof of power as to trouble and subdue them.” read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 9:19-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 9:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 9:20

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 9:20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 9:20

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 9:19-20

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 9:20

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