Psalms 9:19
Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
In Context
18For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
20Put them in fear, O LORD. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail.
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things (LXX/NT)?
Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in thine anger. Lift up thyself against the rage of my adversaries, and awake for me the justice thou have commanded.
Psalms 44:23Awake, why do thou sleep, O LORD? Arise, cast not off forever.
Psalms 68:1Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered. Let also those who hate him flee before him.
Psalms 76:8Thou caused sentence to be heard from heaven. The earth feared and was still
Matthew Henry on Psalms 9:12-20
A Call to Praise God; Certain Ruin of the Wicked. 11 Sing praises to the Lord , which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk… Read the whole commentary →