Psalms 9 · Verse 3

Psalms 9:3

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
Psalms 9:3, King James Version

Psalms 9:3 in other translations

BSBWhen my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
WEBWhen my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
ASVWhen mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
YLTIn mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
DARBYWhen mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
BBEWhen my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.
WebsterWhen my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

What does Psalms 9:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 9:3-5
3-5. When ... are turned back--It is the result of God's power alone. He, as a righteous Judge (Psa 7:11), vindicates His people. He rebukes by acts as well as words (Psa 6:1; 18:15), and so effectually as to destroy the names of nations as well as persons.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 When mine enemies are turned back - It is a sure sign of a nearly approaching complete conquest over sin, when, by resistance to its influences, it begins to lose its power. That is the time to follow on to know the Lord.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 9:1-10

If we would praise God acceptably, we must praise him in sincerity, with our whole heart. When we give thanks for some one particular mercy, we should remember former mercies. Our joy must not be in the gift, so much as in the Giver. The triumphs of the Redeemer ought to be the triumphs of the redeemed. The almighty power of God is that which the strongest and stoutest of his enemies are no way able to stand before…

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Psalms 9:3 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.

בְּשׁוּב\־be.shuv-when turnH7725
אוֹיְבַ֥י'oy.Vaienemies myH341
אָח֑וֹר'a.ChorbackwardsH268
יִכָּשְׁל֥וּyi.ka.she.Luthey stumbleH3782
וְ֝יֹאבְד֗וּve.yoe.Duand they may perishH6
מִפָּנֶֽיךָ\׃mi.pa.Nei.khafrom before youH6440

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

Cross references for Psalms 9:3

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:9

    Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

  • Revelation 20:11

    And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

  • Revelation 6:12-17

    And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; …

  • Psalms 76:7

    Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

  • Psalms 80:16

    It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

  • Psalms 68:1-2

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

  • Isaiah 64:3

    When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they shall.
68:1,2; 76:7; 80:16; Isa 64:3; 2Th 1:9; Re 6:12-17; 20:11

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

Context

  • Psalms 9:2

    I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

  • Psalms 9:3

    When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

  • Psalms 9:4

    For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

Read all of Psalms 9

Psalms 9:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por haber sido mis enemigos vueltos atrás: caerán y perecerán delante de ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je me réjouirai et je m’égaierai en toi; je chanterai ton nom, ô Très-haut!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Als meine Feinde sich zurückwandten, strauchelten sie und kamen um vor deinem Angesicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Lætabor et exsultabo in te; psallam nomini tuo, Altissime.