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Psalms 9:14

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalms 9:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 9:14

Theological / Devotional

Shew forth. Since the dead cannot praise God (Ps. 88:10–12; 115:17), the psalmist calls on God to save him so that he may praise Him among the living.

Gates. In contrast with the “gates of death” (v. 13), these gates are at the city entrance, where the assembled people exchanged news (ancient substitute for a daily newspaper). It was a convenient place for publicity (the agora of the Greeks, the forum of the Romans).

Daughter of Zion. The inhabitants of Jerusalem; Zion, or Jerusalem, being regarded as the mother city. The occurrence of the name “Zion” here and in v. 11 above indicates that that psalm must have been composed after Zion, or Jerusalem, became the capital of the kingdom and the seat of worship.

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