Psalm 9:8

Translations

Modern

He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

Traditional

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Literal

And He will judge the world in righteousness; He shall make judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

Latin

…et ipse judicabit orbem terræ in æquitate: judicabit populos in justitia.

Original

Hebrew

English

He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

Notes

Psalms 9:7–10

The godly do not rely on human governments, which can be weak or corrupt. They understand that earthly rulers are limited and sometimes unfair.

Instead, they put their hope in God’s eternal rule. God governs with perfect justice and fairness (see Psalms 96–100).

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.

Theme notes and profiles

David God’s Justice Praise Psalms The World

Related verses

Psalm 96:13
…before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
Revelation 20:12–13
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
Psalm 98:9
…before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Acts 17:31
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Romans 2:16
…on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
Romans 2:5–6
But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
Psalm 50:6
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
Psalm 94:15
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Psalm 99:4
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Isaiah 11:4–5
…but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

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Psalm 9:8

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