Psalms 9:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. ”

Psalms 9:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Put them in fear, O Lord - From this it is evident that the enemies of the psalmist were bold, daring, confident in their own strength, and in the belief that they would succeed. He prays, theref...
Psalms 9:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] (k) men. Selah. (k) Which they cannot learn without the fear of your judgment.
Psalms 9:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

9 and 10. Yahweh the Refuge of His People. These two Pss., divided in MT, were originally one, This is proved by the fact that they are one in LXX. and Vulg., by the absence of title over Psalms 10...
Psalms 9:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Put them in fear . Appoint them some terror. nations. As in Psa 9:59
Psalms 9:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. Put them in fear, O Jehovah. The Septuagint translates מורה, morah, [ νομοθέτης,] a lawgiver, deriving it from ירה, yarah, which sometimes signifies to teach. (185) But the...
Psalms 9:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Put them in fear - שיתה יהוה מורה להם shithah Yehovah morah lahem, "O Lord, place a teacher among them," that...
Psalms 9:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Put them in fear - literally, Put fear into them. So the Chaldaic. Also one reading х mowraa' ( H4172...
Psalms 9:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Psalms 9:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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.”...
Psalms 9:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 9:1-20 Psalms 7:1-17 ; Psalms 9:1-20 are connected by the recurrence of the two thoughts of God as the Judge of nations and the wicked falling into the pit which he digged. Probably the...
Psalms 9:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Confidence in the Righteous Judge Psalms 9:1-20 The Chaldee version adds to the inscription, “concerning the death of the champion who went out between the camps,” referring to the death of Gol...
Psalms 9:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The burden of this psalm is thanksgiving for Jehovah's righteous rule by which He has overcome the enemies of the chosen people. It is almost exclusively a song of thanksgiving. There are a few brief...
Psalms 9:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are blessed prayers, when put up in faith, by which we invite Jesus to hasten his coming, and bring on both the latter day glory, and that kingdom of his everlasting reign, which shall have no...
Psalms 9:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Put them in fear, O Lord ,.... Who are, a bold, impudent, fearless generation of men; who, like the unjust judge, neither fear God nor regard men, therefore the psalmist prays that God would inject...
Psalms 9:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah. Ver. 20. Put them in fear, O Lord ] Strike them with a panic terror, as once the Canaanites, Philistines,...
Psalms 9:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 9:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Call to Praise God; Certain Ruin of the Wicked. 11 Sing praises to the L ORD , which dwelleth in Zion: declare among...
Psalms 9:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Subdue their proud and insolent spirits, and strike them with terror, or with some terrible judgment. But men, Heb. weak, and miserable, and mortal men , and therefore altogether unable to oppose th...
Psalms 9:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “A psalm of thanksgiving ( Psalms 9:1-2 ) after a victory ( Psalms 9:3 ) over the heathen wrought by Divine judgment ( Psalms 9:4-6 ), expressing confidence in His constant protection o...
Psalms 9:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This Psalm has a dedication which is very difficult to understand: «To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.» Either «Muthlabben» is the tune to which the Psalm was to be sung, or som...
Psalms 9:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 9:5 . Thou hast rebuked the heathen. A song in ancient time was made after every victory, a sort of Te Deum, to be sung in the congregation. The collection of those hallowed martial odes...
Psalms 9:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will praise Thee, O Lord. Praise, trust, and prayer In the Septuagint, this Psalm refers to the death of the Divine Son, and recites His victory over death, the grave, and all our foes. I....
Psalms 9:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This psalm, which, like the six preceding it, is declared by the title to be "a Psalm of David," is a song of thanksgiving for the defeat of some foreign enemy. It is the first of wha...
Psalms 9:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prophetic View of the Victory of Faith
Psalms 9:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 12:22 ; Acts 12:23 ; Deuteronomy 2:25 ; Exodus 15:16 ; Exodus 23:27 ; Ezekiel 28:2 ; Ezekiel 28:9 ; Ezekiel 30:13 ; Isaiah 31:3 ; Jeremiah 32:40 ; Psalms 76:12 ; Psalms 82:6 ; Psalm...

Psalms 9:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 9:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 9:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 9:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 9:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 9:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 9:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

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

Psalms 9:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 9:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 9:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 9:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 9:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 9:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 9:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 9:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 9:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 9:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 9:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 9:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 9:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 9:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 9:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 9:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 9:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge