Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For thou have maintained my right and my cause. Thou sit in the throne judging righteously.
New American Standard Bible
You have sat on the throne
King James Version
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
Holman Bible
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.
International Standard Version
For you have brought about justice for me and my cause; you sit on the throne judging righteously.
American Standard Version
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
Amplified
For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
Bible in Basic English
For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.
Darby Translation
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.
Julia Smith Translation
For thou didst my judgment and my cause; thou satest upon the throne judging justice.
King James 2000
For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on [the] throne judging correctly.
Modern King James verseion
For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat in the throne judging right.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou art set in the throne that judgest right.
NET Bible
For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.
New Heart English Bible
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
The Emphasized Bible
For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
Webster
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest on the throne judging right.
World English Bible
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
Youngs Literal Translation
For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 9:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Celebration Of God's Justice
3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou have maintained my right and my cause. Thou sit in the throne judging righteously. 5 Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 140:12
I know that LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted man, and justice for the needy.
1 Peter 2:23
Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.
Psalm 16:5
LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup. Thou maintain my lot.
Psalm 45:6-7
Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of straightness is the scepter of thy kingdom.
Psalm 47:8
God reigns over the nations. God sits upon his holy throne.
Psalm 89:14
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne. Loving kindness and truth go before thy face.
Psalm 96:13
before LORD, for he comes. For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
Psalm 98:9
before LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.