“ When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. ”
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 v...
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...
3. While my enemies are turned back. In these words he assigns the reason why he undertakes to sing the praises of God, namely, because he acknowledges that his frequent victories had been a...
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. When mine enemies are turned back - It is a sure sign of a nearly approaching complete conquest over sin, when, by resis...
When mine enemies are turned back, &c.— Because mine enemies are turned back; they stumbled and perished at thy presence. Mudge and Houbigant.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. They shall fall ... at thy presence. The mere glance of God is enough to destroy every enemy. It is not man's mi...
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...
When. — Literally, in the turning of mine enemies back, which may be either when they turned, or because they turned, or possibly with both ideas combined. The older versions have when. Ps...
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...
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...
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...
Was there ever a prophecy more pointed than this, or ever an event more strikingly fulfilled, than when Christ's enemies came to apprehend him in the garden, and Jesus, by a word speaking, caused the...
When mine enemies are turned back ,.... As the Philistines were, when Goliath their champion was dead; and as the men that came to apprehend Christ, David's antitype, went backwards and fell to the...
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. Ver. 3. When mine enemies ] This, Tremellius maketh to be the form of praise which the psalmist professeth that he wi...
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 stu...
Devout Acknowledgments. To the chief musician upon Muth-labben. A psalm of David. 1 I will praise thee, O L ORD ,...
When they are discomfited and put to flight, they shall not save themselves by flight, and reserve themselves to do further mischief, but shall stumble as it were at gall-traps by thee laid in their...
‘When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at your presence (face). For you have maintained my right and my cause; You sit in the throne judging righteously. You have rebuked the nations...
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...
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 9:5 . 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...
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....
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...
A Song of Praise for Victory over the Enemies. Thanksgiving for the Victory Gained. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical services, upon Muth-labben, that is, to be sung after the melody...
2 Thessalonians 1:9 ; Isaiah 64:3 ; Psalms 68:1 ; Psalms 68:2 ; Psalms 7:1 ; Revelation 20:11 ; Revelation 6:12-17
Turned back — Put to flight.