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Psalm 9:6

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9:6The enemy’s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins;9

you destroyed their cities;10

all memory of the enemies has perished.11

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Footnotes

  1. 9 Heb “the enemy—they have come to an end [in] ruins permanently.” The singular form אוֹיֵב (’oyev, “enemy”) is collective. It is placed at the beginning of the verse to heighten the contrast with יְהוָה (yéhvah, “the Lord”) in v. 7.
  2. 10 Heb “you uprooted cities.”
  3. 11 Heb “it has perished, their remembrance, they.” The independent pronoun at the end of the line is in apposition to the preceding pronominal suffix and lends emphasis (see §16.3.4). The referent of the masculine pronoun is the nations/enemies (cf. v. 5), not the cities (the Hebrew noun עָרִים [’arim, “cities”] is grammatically feminine). This has been specified in the present translation for clarity; many modern translations retain the pronoun “them,” resulting in ambiguity (cf. “their cities you have rooted out; the very memory of them has perished”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;

their cities you rooted out;

the very memory of them has perished.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,

you have uprooted their cities;

even the memory of them has perished.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The enemy has come to eternal ruin;

you have uprooted the cities,

and the very memory of them has perished.

NLTNew Living Translation

The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;

the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The enemies are destroyed in ruins forever,

and you have uprooted their cities;

their very memory has perished.

KJV 1900King James Version

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:

And thou hast destroyed cities;

Their memorial is perished with them.