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Psalm 9:18-20
New English Translation
Psalm 9:18-20
New English Translation
18 for the needy are not permanently ignored,[a]
the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.[b]
19 Rise up, Lord![c]
Don’t let men be defiant.[d]
May the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Terrify them, Lord.[e]
Let the nations know they are mere mortals.[f] (Selah)
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:18 tn Or “forgotten.”
- Psalm 9:18 tn Heb “the hope of the afflicted does [not] perish forever.” The negative particle is understood by ellipsis; note the preceding line. The imperfect verbal forms express what typically happens.
- Psalm 9:19 sn 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.
- Psalm 9:19 tn Or “prevail.”
- Psalm 9:20 tn Heb “place, Lord, terror with regard to them.” The Hebrew term מוֹרָה (morah, “terror”) is an alternative form of מוֹרָא (moraʾ; a reading that appears in some mss and finds support in several ancient textual witnesses).
- Psalm 9:20 tn Heb “let the nations know they [are] man[kind]”; i.e., mere human beings (as opposed to God).
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