Psalm 9:4

9:4 For you defended my just cause;4

from your throne you pronounced a just decision.5

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4	tn Heb “for you accomplished my justice and my legal claim.”
5	tn Heb “you sat on a throne [as] one who judges [with] righteousness.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 4 probably allude to a recent victory (see vv. 5–7). Another option is to understand the verbs as describing what is typical (“you defend … you sit on a throne”).