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Themes in Psalm 9

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Themes in Psalm 9

Psalm 9:1 (show verse)

For the choir director; on Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart;
I will tell of all Your wonders.

Heart » Renewed » Devout
character of the renewed Heart » Wholly devoted to God
Music » Muth-labben » In the title of
Praise » Should be offered » With the whole heart

Psalm 9:2 (show verse)

I will be glad and exult in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 9:3 (show verse)

When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 9:4 (show verse)

For You have maintained my just cause;
You have sat on the throne

judging righteously.

God, Justice of » Exhibited in » His government
Throne » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Of God

Psalm 9:5 (show verse)

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Gentiles » Chastised by God
Name » Of the wicked
Oblivion » The name of the wicked to be blotted out
The wicked » Guilt of » The name of the wicked to be blotted out

Psalm 9:6 (show verse)

The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,

And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 9:7 (show verse)

But the Lord

abides forever;

He has established His throne for judgment,

Endurance » The lord enduring forever
Judgment » Predicted in the old testament
Throne » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Of God
Throne » The throne of the lord

Psalm 9:8 (show verse)

And He will judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 9:9 (show verse)

The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,

A stronghold in times of trouble;

Oppression » The oppressed
Oppression » God is a refuge from
Protection » Is afforded to » The oppressed
Trust » Who trusts in the lord

Psalm 9:10 (show verse)

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Knowledge » Those that know the lord
Seeking God » Ensures » His not forsaking us
Trust » Who trusts in the lord
Trust » Encouragements to » Former deliverances

Psalm 9:11 (show verse)

Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;

Declare among the peoples His deeds.

Church » Zion
God » Praised, to be » In song
Praise » Encouraged » In song
Worship » Cleansed praise in, encouraged » In song

Psalm 9:12 (show verse)

For He who requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Humility » They who have » Heard by God
Murder » God » Makes inquisition for
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Humble themselves

Psalm 9:13 (show verse)

Be gracious to me, O Lord;
See my affliction from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Afflictions, Prayer During » That God would consider our trouble
death » Eternal » Gates of
Gates » Figurative » Of death

Psalm 9:14 (show verse)

That I may tell of all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may rejoice in Your salvation.

Praise » Is a part of public worship
Salvation » Saints » Rejoice in

Psalm 9:15 (show verse)

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Feet » Of the wicked » Ensnared
Heathen » General references to
Net » Figurative
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Snared

Psalm 9:16 (show verse)

The Lord has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared.

Higgaion Selah.

God » Judgments of » General references to
God's Judgments » General references to
hands » Of the wicked, described as » Ensnaring to themselves
Music » Higgaion
Snares » Who becomes snared

Psalm 9:17 (show verse)

The wicked will

return to Sheol,

Even all the nations who forget God.

eternal Death » The way to, described
Forgetfulness » Fate of those guilty of
Forgetting » The nations that forget God
Forgetting God » Punishment of
Forgetting God » Threatened
Forgetting God » Fate of those guilty of
Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
Hell » What shall be turned into hell
Hell » The wicked shall be turned into
Nation » Perish
Nations » The nations that forget God
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Hell

Psalm 9:18 (show verse)

For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

The poor » God » Forgets not

Psalm 9:19 (show verse)

Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;

Let the nations be judged before You.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 9:20 (show verse)

Put them in fear, O Lord;
Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.

Gentiles » Called » Nations
Knowledge » What the nations shall know
Nations » What the nations shall know