Psalms 9:20
(9-21) Set terror over them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
In Context
19(9-20) Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in Thy sight.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Terror and dread falleth upon them; by the greatness of Thine arm they are as still as a stone; till Thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over that Thou hast gotten.
Deuteronomy 2:25This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who, when they hear the report of thee, shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.'
Psalms 3:8(3-9) Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; Thy blessing be upon Thy people. Selah
Psalms 76:12(76-13) He minisheth the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; so when the LORD shall stretch out His hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together.
Ezekiel 28:2'Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God —
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 →