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Psalms 9:3

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

KJV

Lætabor et exsultabo in te ; psallam nomini tuo, Altissime.

Vulgate

εὐφρανθήσομαι καὶ ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐν σοί, ψαλῶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου, Ὕψιστε.

LXX

When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

ASV

אֶשְׂמְחָ֣ה וְ/אֶעֶלְצָ֣ה בָ֑/ךְ אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה שִׁמְ/ךָ֣ עֶלְיֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זַמְּר֣וּ
zmrv
verb · 40×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
יַעֲלֹ֥ץ
y'lts
verb · 8×
עֶלְי֔וֹן
'lyvn
adjective · 51×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Thess 1:9 — Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
  • Ps 27:2 — When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
  • Ps 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
  • Ps 56:9 — When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
  • Ps 64:8 — So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
  • Ps 80:16 — It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
  • Ps 142:7 — Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
  • Rev 6:12 — And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
  • Rev 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.