Psalms 9
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30689× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- גּוֹיgôwyH14715× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אָבַדʼâbadH64× in this chapter
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34273× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49413× in this chapter
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻH75633× in this chapter
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- שֵׁםshêmH80343× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- שָׁפַטshâphaṭH81993× in this chapter
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
- דָּרַשׁdârashH18752× in this chapter
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
- הֵםhêmH19922× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- זָמַרzâmarH21672× in this chapter
play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
- אֹיֵבʼôyêbH3412× in this chapter
hating; an adversary
- כִּסֵּאkiççêʼH36782× in this chapter
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
- מִשְׂגָּבmisgâbH48692× in this chapter
defence, high fort (tower), refuge, Misgab, a place in Moab
- נֶצַחnetsachH53312× in this chapter
properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)
- סֶלָהçelâhH55422× in this chapter
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
- סָפַרçâpharH56082× in this chapter
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
- עַדʻadH57032× in this chapter
properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57692× in this chapter
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwshH5822× in this chapter
a man in general (singly or collectively)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- צֶדֶקtsedeqH66642× in this chapter
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- צִיּוֹןTsîyôwnH67262× in this chapter
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
- שׁוּבshûwbH77252× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- שָׁכַחshâkachH79112× in this chapter
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
- שַׁעַרshaʻarH81792× in this chapter
an opening, i.e. door or gate
- בַּתbathH13231× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- גִּילgîylH15231× in this chapter
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
- גָּעַרgâʻarH16051× in this chapter
to chide
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דִּיןdîynH17771× in this chapter
a straight course, i.e. sail direct
- דִּיןdîynH17791× in this chapter
judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
- דַּךְdakH17901× in this chapter
crushed, i.e. (figuratively) injured
- דָּםdâmH18181× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- הִגָּיוֹןhiggâyôwnH19021× in this chapter
a murmuring sound, i.e. a musical notation (probably similar to the modern affettuoso to indicate solemnity of movement); by implication, a machination