Psalms 9:16 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 9:16

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

BSB

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ASV

Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. [Higgaion. Selah

KJV

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

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Commentary

6 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The Lord is known by the judgment - It is not every casualty that can properly be called a judgment of God. Judgment is his strange work; but when he executes it, his mind is plainly to be seen. There are no natural causes to which such calamities can be legally attributed. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands - There is nothing that a wicked man does that is not against his own interest.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Higgaion - This is either a musical term, or a note of attention, intimating that the matter deserves deep meditation, or consideration, as the word signifies.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is very applicable to the kingdom of the Messiah, the enemies of which have been in part destroyed already, and shall be yet more and more till they all be made his footstool, which we are to assure ourselves of, that God may have the glory and we may take the comfort.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(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 Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

Jehovah is known by the judgment which he executeth; his holiness and abhorrence of sin is thus displayed. A ruler who winked at evil would soon be known by all his subjects to be evil himself, and he, on the other hand, who is severely just in judgment reveals his own nature thereby. So long as our God is God, he will not, he cannot spare the guilty; except through that one glorious way in which he is just, and yet the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Though Selah occurs seventy-three times, this is the only case in which Higgaion is found. In the view which is given here of the retribution on the wicked as an instance of God's wise and holy ordering, we may well pause in adoring wonder and faith.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נ֤וֹדַ֨ע׀	no.Da'	he has made himself known	H3045 →
יְהוָה֮	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִשְׁפָּ֪ט	mish.Pat	justice	H4941 →
עָ֫שָׂ֥ה	'a.Sah	he has done	H6213 →
בְּפֹ֣עַל	be.Fo.'al	by [the] work of	H6467 →
כַּ֭פָּיו	Ka.pav	hands his	H3709 →
נוֹקֵ֣שׁ	no.Kesh	[he is] striking down	H5367 →
רָשָׁ֑ע	ra.Sha'	[the] wicked	H7563 →
הִגָּי֥וֹן	hi.ga.Yon	Higgaion	H1902 →
סֶֽלָה׃	Se.lah	Selah	H5542 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 14:31
When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
leads to
- John 2:11
  Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
- John 11:45
  Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
Through
Exodus 7:5
And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
leads to
- Exodus 14:18
  The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
Through
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
leads to
- Proverbs 21:23
  He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
- Psalms 64:8
  They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Proverbs 11:8
  The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
Through
Judges 1:7
Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought…
leads to
- Revelation 13:10
  “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and…
- 1 Samuel 15:33
  But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms