Psalms 9 · Verse 7

Psalms 9:7

But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
Psalms 9:7, King James Version

Psalms 9:7 in other translations

BSBBut the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
WEBBut the LORD reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
ASVBut Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
YLTAnd Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.
DARBYBut Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.
BBEBut the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.
WebsterBut the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

What does Psalms 9:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 9:7-8
7-8. God's eternal possession of a throne of justice is contrasted with the ruin of the wicked.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 But the Lord shall endure - All things shall have an end but God and holy spirits.

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 9:7 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.

וַֽ֭יהוָהva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068
לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
יֵשֵׁ֑בye.Shevhe remainsH3427
כּוֹנֵ֖ןko.Nenhe has establishedH3559
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֣טla.mish.Patfor <the> judgmentH4941
כִּסְאֽוֹ\׃kis.'Othrone hisH3678

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

Cross references for Psalms 9:7

  • Psalms 103:19

    The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

  • Hebrews 13:8

    Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 89:14

    Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

  • Psalms 102:12

    But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

  • 2 Peter 3:8

    But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

  • Psalms 102:24-27

    I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

  • Hebrews 1:11-12

    They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

  • Psalms 50:3-5

    Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

  • Psalms 90:2

    Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But.
90:2; 102:12,24-27; Heb 1:11,12; 13:8; 2Pe 3:8
he hath.
50:3-5; 103:19; Re 20:11

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Context

  • 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 9:8

    And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

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Psalms 9:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas Jehová permanecerá para siempre: dispuesto ha su trono para juicio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ô ennemi! les dévastations sont venues à leur fin pour toujours. Tu as aussi rasé des villes, leur mémoire a péri avec elles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova aber thront ewiglich; er hat seinen Thron aufgestellt zum Gericht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Inimici defecerunt frameæ in finem, et civitates eorum destruxisti. Periit memoria eorum cum sonitu;