Psa 9:19-20 | NETfull | STEP | Rise up, Lord ! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!

Psalms 9:19-20

19 Rise up, Lord! ^{▼▼ Rise up, Lord! …May the nations be judged. The psalm concludes with a petition that the Lord would continue to exercise his justice as he has done in the recent crisis.}
Don’t let men be defiant! ^{▼▼ Or “prevail.”}
May the nations be judged in your presence!
20 Terrify them, Lord! ^{▼▼ Heb “place, Lord, terror with regard to them.” The Hebrew term מוֹרָה (morah, “terror”) is an alternative form of מוֹרָא (mora’; a reading that appears in some mss and finds support in several ancient textual witnesses).}
Let the nations know they are mere mortals! ^{▼▼ Heb “let the nations know they [are] man[kind]”; i.e., mere human beings (as opposed to God).} (Selah)

Psalm 10

^{▼▼ Psalm 10. Many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version (LXX) combine Psalms 9 and 10 into a single psalm. Taken in isolation, Psalm 10 is a petition for help in which the psalmist urges the Lord to deliver him from his dangerous enemies, whom he describes in vivid and terrifying detail. The psalmist concludes with confidence; he is certain that God’s justice will prevail.}