Psalms 9 · Verse 5

Psalms 9:5

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Psalms 9:5, King James Version

Psalms 9:5 in other translations

BSBYou have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
WEBYou have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
ASVThou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
YLTThou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.
DARBYThou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
BBEYou have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.
WebsterThou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

What does Psalms 9:5 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen - We know not what this particularly refers to, but it is most probably to the Canaanitish nations, which God destroyed from off the face of the earth; hence it is said, Thou hast put out their name for ever and ever, לעולם ועד leolam vaed, endlessly. Here עולם olam has its proper signification, without end. He who contends it means only a limited time, let him tell us where the Hivites, Perizzites, Jebusites, etc., now dwell; and when it is likely they are to be restored to Canaan.

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 9:5 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.

גָּעַ֣רְתָּga.'Ar.tayou have rebukedH1605
ג֭וֹיִםGo.yimnationsH1471
אִבַּ֣דְתָּ'i.Bad.tayou have destroyedH6
רָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'[the] wickedH7563
שְׁמָ֥םshe.Mamname theirH8034
מָ֝חִ֗יתָma.Chi.tayou have wiped outH4229
לְעוֹלָ֥םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
וָעֶֽד\׃va.'Edand everH5703

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Cross references for Psalms 9:5

  • Proverbs 10:7

    The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

  • Revelation 19:15

    And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

  • Malachi 4:3

    And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Deuteronomy 9:14

    Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

  • Proverbs 13:9

    The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Psalms 79:10

    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

  • 2 Samuel 22:44-46

    Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

  • Psalms 149:7

    To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

  • 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.

  • 2 Samuel 17:23

    And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

  • 2 Samuel 5:6-16

    And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. …

  • 2 Samuel 21:15-22

    Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. And Ishbi–benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
rebuked.
2:1,8,9; 78:55; 79:10; 149:7; 1Sa 17:45-51; 2Sa 5:6-16; 8:1-15
2Sa 10:6-9; 21:15-22; 22:44-46; Re 19:15
destroyed.
5:6; 1Sa 25:32; 31:4; 2Sa 17:23; Mal 4:3
put out.
De 9:14; Pr 10:7; 13:9

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

Context

  • Psalms 9:4

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

  • Psalms 9:5

    Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

  • Psalms 9:6

    O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

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Psalms 9:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Reprendiste gentes, destruiste al malo, raíste el nombre de ellos para siempre jamás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car tu as maintenu mon droit et ma cause; tu t’es assis sur le trône, toi qui juges justement.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du hast die Nationen gescholten, den Gesetzlosen vertilgt; ihren Namen hast du ausgelöscht für immer und ewig; -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quoniam fecisti judicium meum et causam meam; sedisti super thronum, qui judicas justitiam.