Psa 9:16-17, 94:23 | JFB | STEP | 16. Higgaion —means "meditation," and, combined with Selah, seems to denote a pause of unusual solemnity and emphasis (compare ). 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.

Psalms 9:16-17

16. Higgaion—means "meditation," and, combined with Selah, seems to denote a pause of unusual solemnity and emphasis (compare Ps 3:2). 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.

17. shall be turned—or, "shall turn," retreating under God's vengeance, and driven by Him to the extreme of destruction, even hell itself. Those who forget God are classed with the depraved and openly profane.

Psalms 94:23

23. bring . . . iniquity—(Compare Ps 5:10; 7:16).

in their . . . wickedness—while they are engaged in evil doing.