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Psalm 9:19–20

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9:19Rise up, Lord!43

Don’t let men be defiant!44

May the nations be judged in your presence!

9:20Terrify them, Lord!45

Let the nations know they are mere mortals!46

(Selah)

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Footnotes

  1. 43 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.
  2. 44 Or “prevail.”
  3. 45 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 and finds support in several ancient textual witnesses).
  4. 46 Heb “let the nations know they [are] man[kind]”; i.e., mere human beings (as opposed to God).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail;

let the nations be judged before you!

Put them in fear, O Lord!

Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph;

let the nations be judged in your presence.

Strike them with terror, Lord;

let the nations know they are only mortal.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Rise up, Lord! Do not let mere humans prevail;

let the nations be judged in your presence.

Put terror in them, Lord;

let the nations know they are only humans.

Selah

NLTNew Living Translation

Arise, O Lord!

Do not let mere mortals defy you!

Judge the nations!

Make them tremble in fear, O Lord.

Let the nations know they are merely human.

Interlude

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Rise up, O Yahweh, let not humans prevail;

let the nations be judged before you.

O Yahweh, put them in fear.

Let the nations know they are merely human. Selah

KJV 1900King James Version

Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail:

Let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

Put them in fear, O Lord:

That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.