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Psalms 9:16

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

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

Psalms 9:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 9:16

Theological / Devotional

By the judgment. By virtue of His permitting the mischief of the nations to come back upon their own heads, God’s saving power has been exhibited before all.

Of his own hands. Compare v. 15, also Ps. 7:15.

Higgaion. The word is found elsewhere in Psalms only in Ps. 19:14, where it is translated “meditation,” and Ps. 92:3, where it is translated “solemn sound.” The word is of doubtful meaning, and it is difficult to account for the insertion of the term at this point in the poem. It may possibly be an indication of either a musical sound or an interlude in its public rendition.

Selah. See p. 629.

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