Psalms 9:6
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Psalms 9:6 in other translations
| BSB | The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished. |
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| WEB | The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. |
| ASV | The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished. |
| YLT | O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them. |
| DARBY | O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished. |
| BBE | You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever. |
| Webster | O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial hath perished with them. |
What does Psalms 9:6 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Psalms 9:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 9:6
- Exodus 14:13
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
- Isaiah 14:22-23
For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord. I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
- 1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
- Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
- Nahum 1:9-13
What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor. Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. …
- Exodus 15:16
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
- Isaiah 14:6-8
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
- Isaiah 10:6-7
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
- Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
- 1 Corinthians 15:54-57
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Samuel 31:7
And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
- 2 Kings 19:25
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:5; 8:2; Ex 15:16; Mic 7:8,10
destructions.
46:9; Ex 14:13; Isa 10:24,25; 14:6-8; Na 1:9-13; 1Co 15:26,54-57
Re 20:2
thou hast.
1Sa 30:1; 31:7; Isa 10:6,7,13,14; 14:17; 37:26; Jer 51:25
memorial.
2Ki 19:25; Isa 14:22,23; Jer 51:62-64
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 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.
- Psalms 9:7
But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
Psalms 9:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Oh enemigo, acabados son para siempre los asolamientos; y las ciudades que derribaste, su memoria pereció con ellas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu as tancé les nations, tu as fait périr le méchant; tu as effacé leur nom pour toujours et à perpétuité. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | O Feind! zu Ende sind die Trümmer für immer; -auch hast du Städte zerstört: ihr, ja, ihr Gedächtnis ist verschwunden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Increpasti gentes, et periit impius: nomen eorum delesti in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi. |