1.
I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
Psalms 9 and Psalms 10 are linked together by an irregular Acrostic (see notes on pp. 721, 722, and App-63 ), beginning at Psalms 9:1 and ending with 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 , Psalms 9:16 and Psalms 10:2 , Psalms 10:4 , Psalms 10:13 , Psalms 10:15 ); "times of trouble" (Psalms 9:9 and Psalms 10:1 ); "the oppressed" (Hebrew. dak, crushed, Psalms 9:9 and Psalms 10:18 ; occurs only here and Psalms 74:21 ); "mortal men" (Psalms 9:19 , Psalms 9:20 and Psalms 10:18 ); "forget" (Psalms 9:12 , Psalms 9:17 , Psalms 9:18 and Psalms 10:11 , Psalms 10:12 ); "humble" (Psalms 9:12 , Psalms 9:18 , and Psalms 10:12 , Psalms 10:17 ); "not alway" (Psalms 9:18 , and "never", Psalms 10:11 ); "for ever and ever" (Psalms 9:5 and Psalms 10:16 ); "arise, Jehovah" (Psalms 9:19 and Psalms 10:12 ).
Title. A Psalm. See App-65 .
I will = Let me.
2.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
MOST HIGH. Hebrew. Elyon.
3.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
satest = hast sat.
right = righteously.
5.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
heathen = nations.
the wicked = a lawless one: i.e. the Antichrist. Compare Psalms 10:3 , Psalms 10:13 , Psalms 10:14 , Psalms 10:15 . Hebrew. rasha'. App-44 .
put out = blotted out.
for ever, &c. Compare Psalms 10:16 .
6.
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
thou enemy. Same as the lawless one of 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".
7.
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
endure = sit as king.
8.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
He, &c. Quoted in Acts 17:31 .
the world = the habitable world. Hebrew. tebel. First occurrence in Psalms; never found with the Art.
people = peoples.
9.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
the oppressed = the crushed one. Compare Psalms 10:18 .
times of trouble = the great time of trouble: i.e. the tribulation of Matthew 24 , Jeremiah 30 , &c. Compare Psalms 10:1 .
10.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Thy name. See note on Psalms 5:11 .
put their trust = confide. Hebrew. batah. See App-69 .
11.
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Zion. See App-68 .
12.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
maketh inquisition for = inquireth concerning.
them: i.e. those named in Psalms 9:10 .
forgetteth not. Compare Psalms 9:18 and Psalms 10:11 , Psalms 10:12 .
cry = outcry.
humble = oppressed. Compare Psalms 9:18 with Psalms 10:12 , Psalms 10:17 .
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:
Have mercy = Be gracious, or favourable to.
14.
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
praise. So some codices, with four early printed editions (one in margin). Other codices read "praises".
I will = that I may.
15.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16.
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Higgaion = soliloquy, or meditation. See App-66 .
Selah. Connecting the wicked one (singular) of Psalms 9:16 with the wicked ones (plural) of Psalms 9:17 . See App-66 .
17.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
wicked = wicked ones (plural) Hebrew. rasha' . App-44 .
turned = returned. Compare Job 21:26 ; Job 34:15 .Psalms 104:29 . Ecclesiastes 3:20 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 .
hell = the grave. Hebrew Sheol. App-35 .
18.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
the needy = a needy one.
poor = oppressed. Compare Psalms 9:12 .
not . Ellipsis of second negative. See note on Genesis 2:6 .
19.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
man. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14 .
in Thy sight = before Thee: i.e. at Thy coming.
20.
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Put them in fear = Appoint them some terror.
nations. As in Psa 9:59