Psalms 76:9
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
Psalms 76:9 in other translations
| BSB | when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah |
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| WEB | when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah. |
| ASV | When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. [Selah |
| YLT | In the rising of God to judgment, To save all the humble of earth. Selah. |
| DARBY | When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. |
| BBE | When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.) |
| Webster | When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. |
What does Psalms 76:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 76:8-9
8-9. God's judgment on the wicked is His people's deliverance (Psa 9:12; 10:7).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 76:7-12
God's people are the meek of the earth, the quiet in the land, that suffer wrong, but do none. The righteous God seems to keep silence long, yet, sooner or later, he will make judgment to be heard. We live in an angry, provoking world; we often feel much, and are apt to fear more, from the wrath of man. What will not turn to his praise, shall not be suffered to break out. He can set bounds to the wrath of man, as he…
Psalms 76:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 76:9
- Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
- Zephaniah 2:3
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.
- Psalms 9:7-9
But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
- Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
- Psalms 82:2-5
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
- Psalms 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
- Psalms 149:4
For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
- Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
- Psalms 25:9
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
- 1 Peter 3:4
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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Context
- Psalms 76:8
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
- Psalms 76:9
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
- Psalms 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Psalms 76:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando te levantaste, oh Dios, al juicio, para salvar á todos los mansos de la tierra. (Selah.) |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu fis entendre des cieux le jugement; la terre en eut peur, et se tint tranquille, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als Gott aufstand zum Gericht, um zu retten alle Sanftmütigen des Landes. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | aut in finem misericordiam suam abscindet, a generatione in generationem? |