Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 9:16
Higgaion — This is either a musical term, or a note of attention, intimating that the matter deserves deep meditation, or consideration, as the word signifies.
Higgaion — This is either a musical term, or a note of attention, intimating that the matter deserves deep meditation, or consideration, as the word signifies.
Verse Psalms 9:16. _THE LORD IS KNOWN_ BY _THE JUDGMENT_] It is not every _casualty_ that can properly be called a _judgment of God_. Judgment is his strange work; but when he executes it, his mind is...
THE LORD IS KNOWN BY THE JUDGMENT WHICH HE EXECUTETH - By what; he does in his dealings with men, in dispensing rewards and punishments, bestowing blessings upon the righteous, and sending punishments...
Psalms 9 THE GODLY REMNANT. THE WICKED ONE AND HIS FOLLOWERS (9-15) _ 1. The praise of the Most High (Psalms 9:1)_ 2. Millennial deliverances and glories (Psalms 9:3) 3. Prayer for divine interven...
9 AND 10. YAHWEH THE REFUGE OF HIS PEOPLE. These two Pss., divided in MT, were originally one, This is proved by the fact that they are one in LXX. and Vulg., by the absence of title over Psalms 10, a...
HIGGAION. soliloquy, or meditation. See App-66. SELAH. Connecting the wicked one (singular) of Psalms 9:16 with the wicked ones (plural) of Psalms 9:17. See App-66....
HIGGAION— See the note on Psalms 3:2....
PSALMS 9:10 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Kingship of Jehovah in Zion Finally Triumphant over a League between the Nations and the Lawless One. ANALYSIS These two psalms are bound together as originally on...
_THE LORD IS KNOWN BY THE JUDGMENT WHICH HE EXECUTETH: THE WICKED IS SNARED IN THE WORK OF HIS OWN HANDS. HIGGAION. SELAH._ The Lord is known (by) the judgment (which) he executeth. The Hebrew expres...
9:16 Higgaion. (h-21) This may mean, 'to be played on the harp;' if not 'meditate.' Same word as Psalms 19:14 ; Psalms 92:3 ; Lamentations 3:62 ....
Psalms 9:10 are combined in LXX, and there is certainly a real, though obscure, relationship between them. The two together form one 'acrostic,' the vv. beginning with the successive letters of the He...
RV 'The Lord hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment.' HIGGAION] a musical term applied only here. It occurs in the text of Psalms 92:3, and probably means something like our _forte._ SELAH...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE LORD. — Better, _Jehovah hath made himself known. He hath executed judgment, snaring the wicked in the work of his own hands._ HIGGAION. SELAH. — _Higgaion_ occurs three times in the Psalms — here...
_[Psalms 9:17]_ נֹ֤ודַ֨ע ׀ יְהוָה֮ מִשְׁפָּ֪ט עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בְּ...
Psalms 9:1 Psalms 7:1; Psalms 9:1 are connected by the recurrence of the two thoughts of God as the Judge of nations and the wicked falling into the pit which he digged. Probably the original arrangem...
CONFIDENCE IN THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE Psalms 9:1 The Chaldee version adds to the inscription, “concerning the death of the champion who went out between the camps,” referring to the death of Goliath. Thi...
The burden of this psalm is thanksgiving for Jehovah's righteous rule by which He has overcome the enemies of the chosen people. It is almost exclusively a song of thanksgiving. There are a few brief...
(h) The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (h) The mercy of God toward his saints must be declared and the fall...
_Hid. These are the enemies of salvation. (Berthier) --- The nations which had oppressed the Jews found their fortifications and arms turned against themselves, (Calmet) which is often the case of the...
What a sure destruction must overtake all the enemies of God and of his Christ. In this life misery, and the evils they intend for others, falling upon themselves; and in that which is to come, everla...
16._The Lord is known in executing judgment. _The reading of the words literally is this, The _known Lord has done judgment. _This manner of speech is abrupt, and its very brevity renders it obscure....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 9 AND 10. In Psalms 9 and 10 we enter historically on the circumstances of the remnant in the last days in the land. The great principles having been laid down ...
THE LORD IS KNOWN [BY] THE JUDGMENT [WHICH] HE EXECUTETH,.... The judgment which God will execute upon antichrist, and the antichristian powers, will be a means of making known his name, his glory, hi...
The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. Ver. 16. _The Lord is known by the judgment, &c._] The heathen historian...
_The heathen are sunk in the pit they made_ Fallen into that destruction which they designed to bring upon others. “Faith beholds, as already executed, that righteous judgment whereby wicked men will...
A PROPHETIC VIEW OF THE VICTORY OF FAITH...
The Lord is known by the judgment which He executeth, in overthrowing the plans of the wicked; THE WICKED IS SNARED IN THE WORK OF HIS OWN HANDS, his plans resulting in his own detriment. HIGGAION, th...
11-20 Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that...
THE LORD IS KNOWN, or, _hath made himself known_, or famous even among his enemies, by his most wise counsels and wonderful works. BY THE JUDGMENT WHICH HE EXECUTETH upon the wicked, as it followeth....
Psalms 9:16 LORD H3068 known H3045 (H8738) judgment H4941 executes H6213 (H8804) wicked H7563 snared H5367 ...
‘The nations are sunk down in the pit that they have made, In the net which they concealed is their own foot taken. YHWH has made himself known, he has executed judgment: The wicked is snared in th...
This Psalm has a dedication which is very difficult to understand: «To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.» Either «Muthlabben» is the tune to which the Psalm was to be sung, or some...
CONTENTS: Praise for victory over enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: In the midst of all distresses, we may by faith find a refuge in God and when victory comes, we should not forget that...
Psalms 9:5. _Thou hast rebuked the heathen._ A song in ancient time was made after every victory, a sort of _Te Deum,_ to be sung in the congregation. The collection of those hallowed martial odes was...
_I will praise Thee, O Lord._ PRAISE, TRUST, AND PRAYER In the Septuagint, this Psalm refers to the death of the Divine Son, and recites His victory over death, the grave, and all our foes. I. Ther...
_Consider my trouble._ A NOTE OF TROUBLE IN A TRIUMPH PSALM The second part of the Psalm begins with Psalms 9:13. The prayer in that verse is the only trace of trouble in the Psalm. The rest is trium...
_With long life will I satisfy him._ HEALTHY RELIGION Through the mistake of its friends religion has been chiefly associated with sickbeds and grave yards. It is high time this thing were changed, a...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 9:1. Psalms 9:1 together follow a basically acrostic pattern, with the first word of each line beginning with successive letters of the Hebrew alpha
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 9:15 God defends the poor by defeating their oppressors. The WICKED (vv. Psalms 9:16,...
INTRODUCTION “A psalm of thanksgiving (Psalms 9:1) after a victory (Psalms 9:3) over the heathen wrought by Divine judgment (Psalms 9:4), expressing confidence in His constant protection of the oppres...
EXPOSITION This psalm, which, like the six preceding it, is declared by the title to be "a Psalm of David," is a song of thanksgiving for the defeat of some foreign enemy. It is the first of what are...
The ninth psalm is to the chief musician on Muthlabben. Muthlabben is the death of a son. This could have been when Bathsheba's first son died. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will...
1 Samuel 17:46; 1 Samuel 6:19; 1 Samuel 6:20; 2 Kings 19:19; 2 K