Psalms 10 · Verse 16

Psalms 10:16

The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
Psalms 10:16, King James Version

Psalms 10:16 in other translations

BSBThe LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
WEBThe LORD is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
ASVJehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
YLTJehovah is king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
DARBYJehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.
BBEThe Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.
WebsterThe LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen have perished out of his land.

What does Psalms 10:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 10:16-18
16-18. God reigns. The wicked, if for a time successful, shall be cut off. He hears and confirms the hearts of His suffering people (Psa 112:7), executes justice for the feeble, and represses the pride and violence of conceited, though frail, men (compare Psa 9:16).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The Lord is king for ever - He has, and ever will have, the supreme power. The heathen are perished out of his land - They are all either cut off or converted. This may refer to the Canaanites. What a mercy that we can say this of our own country! Once it was entirely heathen; now not one heathen family in the whole land.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 10:12-18

The psalmist speaks with astonishment, at the wickedness of the wicked, and at the patience and forbearance of God. God prepares the heart for prayer, by kindling holy desires, and strengthening our most holy faith, fixing the thoughts, and raising the affections, and then he graciously accepts the prayer. The preparation of the heart is from the Lord, and we must seek unto him for it. Let the poor, afflicted…

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Psalms 10:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מֶ֭לֶךְMe.lekh[is] kingH4428
עוֹלָ֣םo.LamforeverH5769
וָעֶ֑דva.'Edand everH5703
אָבְד֥וּ'a.ve.Duthey have perishedH6
ג֝וֹיִ֗םgo.Yim[the] nationsH1471
מֵֽאַרְצֽוֹ\׃me.'ar.tzofrom land hisH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 10:16

  • Jeremiah 10:10

    But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

  • Psalms 29:10

    The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.

  • 1 Timothy 1:17

    Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Psalms 145:13

    Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

  • Deuteronomy 8:20

    As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.

  • Daniel 6:26

    I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

  • Daniel 4:34

    And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

  • Lamentations 5:19

    Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

  • Psalms 9:15

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • Psalms 93:1

    The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

  • Psalms 78:55

    He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • Isaiah 33:22

    For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The Lord.
29:10; 93:1; 145:13; 146:10; Isa 33:22; Jer 10:10; La 5:19; Da 4:34
Da 6:26; 1Ti 1:17; 6:15,16
heathen.
9:5,15; 18:43-45; 44:2,3; 78:55

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 10:15

    Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

  • Psalms 10:16

    The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

  • Psalms 10:17

    Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

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Psalms 10:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová, Rey eterno y perpetuo; de su tierra fueron destruídas las gentes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel est roi à toujours et à perpétuité; les nations ont péri de dessus sa terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova ist König immer und ewiglich; die Nationen sind umgekommen aus seinem Lande.