Psalms 9:4 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 9:4

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

KJV

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ASV

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

WEB

For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

YLT

For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

DBT

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Psalms 140:12
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
1 Peter 2:23
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Psalms 98:9
Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Psalms 16:5
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

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When . . . are turned back--It is the result of God's power alone. He, as a righteous Judge (Ps 7:11), vindicates His people. He rebukes by acts as well as words (Ps 6:1;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

God sits in the throne of judgment. To him it belongs to decide controversies, to determine appeals, to avenge the injured, and to punish the injurious; for he has said, Vengeance is mine. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth and that with him there is no unrighteousness.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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