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Psalms 9:11

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Sing [praises] to the LORD, [which] dwelleth in Sion: declare among the people his doings.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; declare among the people his skillful doings;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion{gr.Sion}: declare his dealings among the nations.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Sing praises to Yahweh, which dwelleth in Tziyyon: declare among the people his doings.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Sing praises 2167
{2167} Prime
זָמַר
zamar
{zaw-mar'}
A primitive root (perhaps identical with H2168 through the idea of striking with the fingers); properly to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, that is, play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music.
z8761
<8761> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 446
to Yähwè יָהוֶה, 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
which dwelleth 3427
{3427} Prime
יָשַׁב
yashab
{yaw-shab'}
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
in Xiyyôn צִיּוֹן: 6726
{6726} Prime
צִיּוֹן
Tsiyown
{tsee-yone'}
The same (regular) as H6725; Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem.
declare 5046
{5046} Prime
נָגַד
nagad
{naw-gad'}
A primitive root; properly to front, that is, stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically to expose, predict, explain, praise.
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
among the people 5971
{5971} Prime
עַם
`am
{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
his doings. 5949
{5949} Prime
עֲלִילָה
`aliylah
{al-ee-law'}
From H5953 in the sense of effecting; an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication an opportunity.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 9:11

_ _ (Compare Psalms 2:6; Psalms 3:4).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Psalms 9:11-20

_ _ In these verses,

_ _ I. David, having praised God himself, calls upon and invites others to praise him likewise, Psalms 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 Zion, in a special manner present in the assemblies of his people, as their protector and patron. He resolved himself to show forth God's marvellous works (Psalms 9:1), and here he calls upon others to declare among the people his doings. He commands his own subjects to do it, for the honour of God, of their country, and of their holy religion; he courts his neighbours to do it, to sing praises, not, as hitherto, to their false gods, but to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion, to the God of Israel, and to own among the heathen that the Lord has done great things for his people Israel, Psalms 126:3, Psalms 126:4. Let them particularly take notice of the justice of God in avenging the blood of his people Israel on the Philistines and their other wicked neighbours, who had, in making war upon them, used them barbarously and given them no quarter, Psalms 9:12. When God comes to make inquisition for blood by his judgments on earth, before he comes to do it by the judgment of the great day, he remembers them, remembers every drop of the innocent blood which they have shed, and will return it sevenfold upon the head of the blood-thirsty; he will give them blood to drink, for they are worthy. This assurance he might well build upon that word (Deuteronomy 32:43), He will avenge the blood of his servants. Note, There is a day coming when God will make inquisition for blood, when he will discover what has been shed secretly, and avenge what has been shed unjustly; see Isaiah 26:21; Jeremiah 51:35. In that day it will appear how precious the blood of God's people is to him (Psalms 72:14), when it must all be accounted for. It will then appear that he has not forgotten the cry of the humble, neither the cry of their blood nor the cry of their prayers, but that both are sealed up among his treasures.

_ _ II. David, having praised God for former mercies and deliverances, earnestly prays that God would still appear for him; for he sees not all things put under him.

_ _ 1. He prays, (1.) That God would be compassionate to him (Psalms 9:13): “Have mercy upon me, who, having misery only, and no merit, to speak for me, must depend upon mercy for relief.” (2.) That he would be concerned for him. He is not particular in his request, lest he should seem to prescribe to God; but submits himself to the wisdom and will of God in this modest request, “Lord, consider my trouble, and do for me as thou thinkest fit.”

_ _ 2. He pleads, (1.) The malice of his enemies, the trouble which he suffered from those that hated him, and hatred is a cruel passion. (2.) The experience he had had of divine succours and the expectation he now had of the continuance of them, as the necessity of his case required: “O thou that liftest me up, that canst do it, that hast done it, that wilt do it, whose prerogative it is to lift up thy people from the gates of death!” We are never brought so low, so near to death, but God can raise us up. If he has saved us from spiritual and eternal death, we may thence take encouragement to hope that in all our distresses he will be a very present help to us. (3.) His sincere purpose to praise God when his victories should be completed (Psalms 9:14): “Lord, save me, not that I may have the comfort and credit of the deliverance, but that thou mayest have the glory, that I may show forth all thy praise, and that publicly, in the gates of the daughter of Zion;” there God was said to dwell (Psalms 9:11) and there David would attend him, with joy in God's salvation, typical of the great salvation which was to be wrought out by the Son of David.

_ _ III. David by faith foresees and foretels the certain ruin of all wicked people, both in this world and in that to come.

_ _ 1. In this world, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 9:16. God executes judgment upon them when the measure of their iniquities is full, and does it, (1.) So as to put shame upon them and make their fall inglorious; for they sink into the pit which they themselves digged (Psalms 7:15), they are taken in the net which they themselves laid for the ensnaring of God's people, and they are snared in the work of their own hands. In all the struggles David had with the Philistines they were the aggressors, 2 Samuel 5:17, 2 Samuel 5:22. And other nations were subdued by those ward in which they embroiled themselves. The overruling providence of God frequently so orders it that persecutors and oppressors are brought to ruin by those very projects which they intended to be destructive to the people of God. Drunkards kill themselves; prodigals beggar themselves; the contentious bring mischief upon themselves. Thus men's sins may be read in their punishment, and it becomes visible to all that the destruction of sinners is not only meritoriously, but efficiently, of themselves, which will fill them with the utmost confusion. (2.) So as to get honour to himself: The Lord is known, that is, he makes himself known, by these judgments which he executes. It is known that there is a God who judges in the earth, that he is a righteous God, and one that hates sin and will punish it. In these judgments the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. The psalmist therefore adds here a note extraordinary, commanding special regard, Higgaion; it is a thing to be carefully observed and meditated upon. What we see of present judgments, and what we believe of the judgment to come, ought to be the subject of our frequent and serious meditations.

_ _ 2. In the other world (Psalms 9:17): The wicked shall be turned into hell, as captives into the prison-house, even all the nations that forget God. Note, (1.) Forgetfulness of God is the cause of all the wickedness of the wicked. (2.) There are nations of those that forget God, multitudes that live without God in the world, many great and many mighty nations, that never regard him nor desire the knowledge of his ways. (3.) Hell will, at last, be the portion of such, a state of everlasting misery and torment — Sheol, a pit of destruction, in which they and all their comforts will be for ever lost and buried. Though there be nations of them, yet they shall be turned into hell, like sheep into the slaughter-house (Psalms 49:14), and their being so numerous will not be any security or ease to them, nor any loss to God or the least impeachment of his goodness.

_ _ IV. David encourages the people of God to wait for his salvation, though it should be long deferred, Psalms 9:18. The needy may think themselves, and others may think them, forgotten for a while, and their expectation of help from God may seem to have perished and to have been for ever frustrated. But he that believes does not make haste; the vision is for an appointed time, and at the end it shall speak. We may build upon it as undoubtedly true that God's people, God's elect, shall not always be forgotten, nor shall they be disappointed of their hopes from the promise. God will not only remember them, at last, but will make it to appear that he never did forget them; it is impossible he should, though a woman may forget her sucking child.

_ _ V. He concludes with prayer that God would humble the pride, break the power, and blast the projects, of all the wicked enemies of his church: “Arise, O Lord! (Psalms 9:19), stir up thy self, exert thy power, take thy seat, and deal with all these proud and daring enemies of thy name, and cause, and people.” 1. “Lord, restrain them, and set bounds to their malice: Let not man prevail; consult thy own honour, and let not weak and mortal men prevail against the kingdom and interest of the almighty and immortal God. Shall mortal man be too hard for God, too strong for his Maker?” 2. “Lord, reckon with them: Let the heathen be judges in thy sight, that is, let them be plainly called to an account for all the dishonour done to thee and the mischief done to thy people.” Impenitent sinners will be punished in God's sight; and, when their day of grace is over, the bowels even of infinite mercy will not relent towards them, Revelation 14:10. 3. “Lord, frighten them: Put them in fear, O Lord! (Psalms 9:20), strike a terror upon them, make them afraid with thy judgments.” God knows how to make the strongest and stoutest of men to tremble and to flee when none pursues, and thereby he makes them know and own that they are but men; they are but weak men, unable to stand before the holy God — sinful men, the guilt of whose consciences make them subject to alarms. Note, It is a very desirable thing, much for the glory of God and the peace and welfare of the universe, that men should know and consider themselves to be but men, depending creatures, mutable, mortal, and accountable.

_ _ In singing this psalm we must give to God the glory of his justice in pleading his people's cause against his and their enemies, and encourage ourselves to wait for the year of the redeemed and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion, even the final destruction of all anti-christian powers and factions, to which many of the ancients apply this psalm.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 9:11

Zion — Whose special and gracious presence is there. People — To the heathen nations.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Sing:

Psalms 33:1-3 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright. ... Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Psalms 47:6-7 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. ... For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Psalms 96:1-2 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. ... Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
Psalms 148:1-5 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. ... Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
Psalms 148:13-14 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven. ... He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

which:

Psalms 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Psalms 132:13-14 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation. ... This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Isaiah 14:32 What shall [one] then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Hebrews 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

declare:

Psalms 66:2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
Psalms 66:5 Come and see the works of God: [he is] terrible [in his] doing toward the children of men.
Psalms 96:10 Say among the heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Psalms 105:1-2 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. ... Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Psalms 107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
Psalms 118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Isaiah 12:4-6 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. ... Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
John 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare [it]: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
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Ps 33:1; 47:6; 66:2, 5; 78:68; 96:1, 10; 105:1; 107:22; 118:17; 132:13; 148:1, 13. Is 12:4, 6; 14:32. Jn 17:26. He 12:22. Rv 14:1.

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