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Psalm 9

Psa. 9:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou hast rebuked
ga`ar (Hebrew #1605)
to chide
KJV usage: corrupt, rebuke, reprove.
Pronounce: gaw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
the heathen
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
, thou hast destroyed
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
, thou hast put out
machah (Hebrew #4229)
properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
KJV usage: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, X utterly, wipe (away, out).
Pronounce: maw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
their name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
v for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
and ever
`ad (Hebrew #5703)
properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)
KJV usage: eternity, ever(- lasting, -more), old, perpetually, + world without end.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: from 5710
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rebuked.
Psa. 2:1,8‑9• 1Why have the heathen raged,{HR}And do the people meditate a vain thing?
8Ask of me, and I will give nations [for] thine inheritance,{HR}And the ends of the earth [for] thy possession.
9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;{HR}As a potter's vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces."
(Psa. 2:1,8‑9)
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Psa. 78:55• 55And drove out before them nations,{HR}And allotted them by a line [for] an inheritance,{HR}And caused the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.. (Psa. 78:55)
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Psa. 79:10• 10Why should the nations say, Where [is] their God?{HR}Let there be known among the nations in our sight (eyes){HR}Avenging of thy servants' blood that is shed. (Psa. 79:10)
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Psa. 149:7• 7To do vengeance on the nations,{HR}Punishments on the Gentiles; (Psa. 149:7)
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1 Sam. 17:45‑51• 45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46This day will Jehovah deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasss of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God, in Israel;
47and all this assembly shall know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hands.
48And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and he ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
(1 Sam. 17:45‑51)
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2 Sam. 5:6‑16• 6{i}And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they spoke to David, saying{/i}, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither; {i}as much as to say, David will not come in hither.{/i}
7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion the same is the city of David.
8And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore {i}they say{/i} the blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
9{i}So David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from the Millo and inward.{/i}
10{i}And David became continually greater; and Jehovah the God of hosts was with him.{/i}
11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
12And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
13David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
14And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
15Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
16and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
(2 Sam. 5:6‑16)
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2 Sam. 8:1‑15• 1{i}And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them; and David took the power of the capital out of the hand of the Philistines.{/i}
2{i}And he smote the Moabites, and measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.{/i}
3{i}And David smote Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion by the river Euphrates.{/i}
4{i}And David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.{/i}
5{i}And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.{/i}
6{i}And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.{/i}
7{i}And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.{/i}
8{i}And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much bronze.{/i}
9{i}And Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the forces of Hadadezer;{/i}
10{i}and Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him; for Hadadezer was continually at war with Toi. And he brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze.{/i}
11{i}Them also king David dedicated to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he had dedicated of all the nations that he had subdued:{/i}
12{i}of the Syrians, and of the Moabites, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of the Amalekites, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.{/i}
13{i}And David made him a name when he returned, after he had smitten the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand men.{/i}
14{i}And he put garrisons in Edom: throughout Edom did he put garrisons; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.{/i}
15And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
(2 Sam. 8:1‑15)
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2 Sam. 10:6‑9• 6{i}And the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David; and the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-Rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.{/i}
7{i}And David heard of it , and he sent Joab, and all the host, the mighty men.{/i}
8{i}And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate; and the Syrians of Zoba and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.{/i}
9{i}And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind; and he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians;{/i}
(2 Sam. 10:6‑9)
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2 Sam. 21:15‑22• 15{i}And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.{/i}
16{i}And Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphah—the weight of his lance was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was girded with new armour —thought to smite David.{/i}
17{i}And Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.{/i}
18{i}And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines, at Gob; then Sibbechai the Hushathite smote Saph, who was of the children of Raphah.{/i}
19{i}And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, smote Goliath the Gittite; now the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam.{/i}
20{i}And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man there of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.{/i}
21{i}And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.{/i}
22{i}These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.{/i}
(2 Sam. 21:15‑22)
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2 Sam. 22:44‑46• 44{i}And thou hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,{HR}Thou hast kept me to be head of the nations:{HR}A people I knew not doth serve me:{HR}{/i}
45{i}Strangers come cringing unto me:{HR}At the hearing of the ear, they obey me.{HR}{/i}
46{i}Strangers have faded away,{HR}And they come trembling forth from their close places.{/i}
(2 Sam. 22:44‑46)
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Rev. 19:15• 15And out of his mouth proceeded a [two-edged] sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with an iron rod: and he treadeth the winepress of the wine of the indignation of the wrath of God the Almighty. (Rev. 19:15)
destroyed.
put out.
 The word “wicked” in verse 5 and verse 16 is in the singular and refers to Antichrist, the enemy whose destruction will come to a perpetual end. (Psalm 9 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wickedb; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

JND Translation Notes

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The word is in the singular, and as such, characteristic; so in ver. 16. it is plural in ver. 17.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles,{HR}Thou hast destroyed the wicked,{HR}Their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever.