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Psalm 9

Psalm 9:6

I Will Give Thanks to the LORD · Psalm 9:1–20
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Translations

Modern
The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
Traditional
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Literal
May the enemy be finished in ruins forever, and You have uprooted cities; let their remembrance perish with them!
Latin
Inimici defecerunt frameæ in finem, et civitates eorum destruxisti. Periit memoria eorum cum sonitu;

Original

Hebrew
English
The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

Notes

Psalms 9:3–6

The psalmist praises God's judgment of the wicked. This shows the Lord's promise to establish his kingdom on earth is trustworthy (Psalms 1:6; 2).

Psalms 9:1–10:18

This hymn celebrates the Lord's rule and triumph over evil. It may also respond to the laments in Psalms 3–7.

Some believe that Psalms 9 and 10 should be read together as one psalm in two parts. This is because Psalm 9 has a title, while Psalm 10 does not.

Despite some missing or inverted letters, the two psalms form an acrostic of the Hebrew alphabet. This means that each line or section begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Other alphabetic acrostics include Psalms 25, 34, 37, 111–112, 119, and 145.

The ancient Greek and Latin translations treat Psalms 9 and 10 as one psalm.

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