Psalms 9:16

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָה֮ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
known	נ֤וֹדַ֨ע no.Da'	H3045	to know (properly · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
judgment	מִשְׁפָּ֪ט mish.Pat	H4941	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
executeth	עָ֫שָׂ֥ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wicked	רָשָׁ֑ע ra.Sha'	H7563	morally wrong · noun, common masculine singular absolute
snared	נוֹקֵ֣שׁ no.Kesh	H5367	to entrap (with a noose) · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
work	בְּפֹ֣עַל be.Fo.'al	H6467	an act or work (concretely) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
hands	כַּ֭פָּיו Ka.pav	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Higgaion	הִגָּי֥וֹן hi.ga.Yon	H1902	a murmuring sound · noun, masculine singular absolute
Selah	סֶֽלָה Se.lah	H5542	suspension (of music) · interjection

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Cross-references

Exodus 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among…
Proverbs 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Exodus 14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant…
Psalms 83:17-18 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Exodus 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egy…
Joshua 2:10-11 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of t…
Judges 1:7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I h…
Isaiah 8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 9:11–end

In these verses, I. David, having praised God himself, calls upon and invites others to praise him likewise, Psa 9:11. Those who believe God is greatly to be praised not only desire to do that work better themselves, but desire that others also may join with them in it and would gladly be instrumental to bring them to it: Sing praises to the Lord who dwelleth in Zion. As the special residence of his glory is in heaven, so the special residence of his grace is in his church, of which Zion was a type. There he meets his people with his promises and graces, and there he expects they should meet him with their praises and services. In all our praises we should have an eye to God as dwelling in Z…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 9:16

Higgaion--means "meditation," and, combined with Selah, seems to denote a pause of unusual solemnity and emphasis (compare Psa 3:2). Though Selah occurs seventy-three times, this is the only case in which Higgaion is found. In the view which is given here of the retribution on the wicked as an instance of God's wise and holy ordering, we may well pause in adoring wonder and faith.

John Gill on Psalms 9:16

The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth,.... The judgment which God will execute upon antichrist, and the antichristian powers, will be a means of making known his name, his glory, his perfections, in all the earth; as his wisdom, power, justice, and goodness; see Exodus 9:16. The destruction of antichrist will be the Lord's doing, and it will be a righteous one; it will be a just retaliation; as he has killed with the sword, multitudes of his followers shall be killed with the sword; as he has led captive, he shall be taken captive at the battle of Armageddon; as he has burnt, many of the martyrs of Jesus, he shall be cast into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. Some read…

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John Calvin on Psalms 9:15-16

The Church Fathers

Here is interposed, "The song of the diapsalma" [Psalm 9:16]: as it were the hidden joy, as far as we can imagine, of the separation which is now made, not in place, but in the affections of the heart, between sinners and the righteous, as of the corn from the chaff, as yet on the floor.
— Augustine of Hippo, ON THE PSALMS, Psalm 9

For if the whole psalm is called a song because of its tone and force, then the term "song" would be placed at the beginning of [the psalm], as it is in a number of psalms. But here it is otherwise, and after the diapsalma he begins the song; the title is placed between the diapsalma and song. It is reasonable, therefore, that the following has the sense of a psalm.
— Didymus the Blind, FRAGMENTS ON THE PSALMS 9:16

"The Lord is known executing judgments" [Psalm 9:16]. These are God's judgments. Not from that tranquillity of His blessedness, nor from the secret places of wisdom, wherein blessed souls are received, is the sword, or fire, or wild beast, or any such thing brought forth, whereby sinners may be tormented: but how are they tormented, and how does the Lord do judgment? "In the works," he says, "of his own hands hath the sinner been caught."
— Augustine of Hippo, ON THE PSALMS, Psalm 9

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Dictionary and topics

Hand — Called by Galen “the instrument of instruments.” It is the symbol of human action (Ps. 9:16; Job 9:30; Isa. 1:15; 1 Tim. 2:8). Washing the hands was a symbol of innocence (Ps. 26:6; 73:13; Matt.…
Higgaion — In Ps. 92:3 means the murmuring tone of the harp. In Ps. 9:16 it is a musical sign, denoting probably a pause in the instrumental interlude. In Ps. 19:14 the word is rendered “meditation;” and in…
Muth-labben — Occurring only in the title of Psalm 9. Some interpret the words as meaning “on the death of Labben,” some unknown person. Others render the word, “on the death of the son;” i.e., of Absalom (2 Sam.…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Hands, The · Of the wicked, described as: Ensnaring to themselves — Of the wicked, described as: Ensnaring to themselves

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 9:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 9:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 9:16

John Gill on Psalms 9:16

John Calvin on Psalms 9:15-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 9:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 9:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 9:16

John Gill on Psalms 9:16

John Calvin on Psalms 9:15-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 9:15-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 9:13-14

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 9:16