Psalms 9 · Verse 8

Psalms 9:8

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Psalms 9:8, King James Version

Psalms 9:8 in other translations

BSBHe judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
WEBHe will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
ASVAnd he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
YLTAnd He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.
DARBYAnd it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
BBEAnd he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.
WebsterAnd he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

What does Psalms 9:8 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 He shall judpe the world in righteousness - All the dispensations of God's providence are founded in righteousness and truth.

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 9:8 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.

וְה֗וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
יִשְׁפֹּֽט\־yish.pot-he will judgeH8199
תֵּבֵ֥לte.Vel[the] worldH8398
בְּצֶ֑דֶקbe.Tze.dekwith righteousnessH6664
יָדִ֥יןya.Dinhe will judgeH1777
לְ֝אֻמִּ֗יםle.'u.Mim[the] nationsH3816
בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים\׃be.mei.sha.Rimwith uprightness<es>H4339

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

Cross references for Psalms 9:8

  • Psalms 96:13

    Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  • Revelation 20:12-13

    And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

  • Psalms 98:9

    Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

  • Acts 17:31

    Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

  • Romans 2:16

    In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

  • Romans 2:5-6

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

  • Genesis 18:25

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  • Psalms 50:6

    And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

  • Psalms 99:4

    The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

  • Psalms 94:15

    But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • Isaiah 11:4-5

    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. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
50:6; 94:15; 96:13; 98:9; 99:4; Ge 18:25; Isa 11:4,5; Ac 17:31
Ro 2:5,6,16; Re 20:12,13

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 9:9

    The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

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Psalms 9:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y él juzgará el mundo con justicia; y juzgará los pueblos con rectitud.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais l’ Éternel est assis pour toujours; il a préparé son trône pour le jugement,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er, er wird den Erdkreis richten in Gerechtigkeit, wird über die Völkerschaften Gericht halten in Geradheit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et Dominus in æternum permanet. Paravit in judicio thronum suum,