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[Psalms 9](../../../kjv/psalms/9) and [Psalms 10](../../../kjv/psalms/10) are linked together by an irregular Acrostic (see notes on pp. 721, 722, and App-63 ), beginning at [Psalms 9:1](../../../kjv/psalms/9/1) and ending with [Psalms 10:18](../../../kjv/psalms/10/18) . Seven letters are omitted. The Acrostic is irregular, corresponding with the "times of trouble". The notes will show how one subject pervades them (see H p. 721). Compare "the lawless one" ([Psalms 9:5](../../../kjv/psalms/9/5) , [Psalms 9:16](../../../kjv/psalms/9/16) and [Psalms 10:2](../../../kjv/psalms/10/2) , [Psalms 10:4](../../../kjv/psalms/10/4) , [Psalms 10:13](../../../kjv/psalms/10/13) , [Psalms 10:15](../../../kjv/psalms/10/15) ); "times of trouble" ([Psalms 9:9](../../../kjv/psalms/9/9) and [Psalms 10:1](../../../kjv/psalms/10/1) ); "the oppressed" (Hebrew. *dak,* crushed, [Psalms 9:9](../../../kjv/psalms/9/9) and [Psalms 10:18](../../../kjv/psalms/10/18) ; occurs only here and [Psalms 74:21](../../../kjv/psalms/74/21) ); "mortal men" ([Psalms 9:19](../../../kjv/psalms/9/19) , [Psalms 9:20](../../../kjv/psalms/9/20) and [Psalms 10:18](../../../kjv/psalms/10/18) ); "forget" ([Psalms 9:12](../../../kjv/psalms/9/12) , [Psalms 9:17](../../../kjv/psalms/9/17) , [Psalms 9:18](../../../kjv/psalms/9/18) and [Psalms 10:11](../../../kjv/psalms/10/11) , [Psalms 10:12](../../../kjv/psalms/10/12) ); "humble" ([Psalms 9:12](../../../kjv/psalms/9/12) , [Psalms 9:18](../../../kjv/psalms/9/18) , and [Psalms 10:12](../../../kjv/psalms/10/12) , [Psalms 10:17](../../../kjv/psalms/10/17) ); "not alway" ([Psalms 9:18](../../../kjv/psalms/9/18) , and "never", [Psalms 10:11](../../../kjv/psalms/10/11) ); "for ever and ever" ([Psalms 9:5](../../../kjv/psalms/9/5) and [Psalms 10:16](../../../kjv/psalms/10/16) ); "arise, Jehovah" ([Psalms 9:19](../../../kjv/psalms/9/19) and [Psalms 10:12](../../../kjv/psalms/10/12) ).
**Title. A Psalm.** See App-65 .
**I will** = Let me.

**MOST HIGH.** Hebrew. *Elyon.*

**satest** = hast sat.
**right** = righteously.

**heathen** = nations.
**the wicked** = a lawless one: i.e. the Antichrist. Compare [Psalms 10:3](../../../kjv/psalms/10/3) , [Psalms 10:13](../../../kjv/psalms/10/13) , [Psalms 10:14](../../../kjv/psalms/10/14) , [Psalms 10:15](../../../kjv/psalms/10/15) . Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .
**put out** = blotted out.
**for ever, &c.** Compare [Psalms 10:16](../../../kjv/psalms/10/16) .

**thou enemy.** Same as the lawless one of [Psalms 9:5](../../../kjv/psalms/9/5) .
**destructions are come** = complete is the destruction.
**a perpetual end** = for evermore. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "swords are abandoned".

**endure** = sit as king.

**He, &c.** Quoted in [Acts 17:31](../../../kjv/acts/17/31) .
**the world** = the habitable world. Hebrew. *tebel.* First occurrence in Psalms; never found with the Art.
**people** = peoples.

**the oppressed** = the crushed one. Compare [Psalms 10:18](../../../kjv/psalms/10/18) .
**times of trouble** = the great time of trouble: i.e. the tribulation of [Matthew 24](../../../kjv/matthew/24) , [Jeremiah 30](../../../kjv/jeremiah/30) , &c. Compare [Psalms 10:1](../../../kjv/psalms/10/1) .

**Thy name.** See note on [Psalms 5:11](../../../kjv/psalms/5/11) .
**put their trust** = confide. Hebrew. *batah.* See App-69 .

**Zion.** See App-68 .

**maketh inquisition for** = inquireth concerning.
**them:** i.e. those named in [Psalms 9:10](../../../kjv/psalms/9/10) .
**forgetteth not.** Compare [Psalms 9:18](../../../kjv/psalms/9/18) and [Psalms 10:11](../../../kjv/psalms/10/11) , [Psalms 10:12](../../../kjv/psalms/10/12) .
**cry** = outcry.
**humble** = oppressed. Compare [Psalms 9:18](../../../kjv/psalms/9/18) with [Psalms 10:12](../../../kjv/psalms/10/12) , [Psalms 10:17](../../../kjv/psalms/10/17) .

**Have mercy** = Be gracious, or favourable to.

**praise.** So some codices, with four early printed editions (one in margin). Other codices read "praises".
**I will** = that I may.

**Higgaion** = soliloquy, or meditation. See App-66 .
**Selah.** Connecting the wicked one (singular) of [Psalms 9:16](../../../kjv/psalms/9/16) with the wicked ones (plural) of [Psalms 9:17](../../../kjv/psalms/9/17) . See App-66 .

**wicked** = wicked ones (plural) Hebrew. *rasha'* . App-44 .
**turned** = returned. Compare [Job 21:26](../../../kjv/job/21/26) ; [Job 34:15](../../../kjv/job/34/15) .[Psalms 104:29](../../../kjv/psalms/104/29) . [Ecclesiastes 3:20](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/20) ; [Ecclesiastes 12:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/7) .
**hell** = the grave. Hebrew Sheol. App-35 .

**the needy** = a needy one.
**poor** = oppressed. Compare [Psalms 9:12](../../../kjv/psalms/9/12) .
**not** . Ellipsis of second negative. See note on [Genesis 2:6](../../../kjv/genesis/2/6) .

**man.** Hebrew. *'enosh.* App-14 .
**in Thy sight** = before Thee: i.e. at Thy coming.

**Put them in fear** = Appoint them some terror.
**nations.** As in Psa 9:59

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