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Psalms 9:4

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

KJV

In convertendo inimicum meum retrorsum ; infirmabuntur, et peribunt a facie tua.

Vulgate

ἐν τῷ ἀποστραφῆναι τὸν ἐχθρὸν μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ἀσθενήσουσιν καὶ ἀπολοῦνται ἀπὸ προσώπου σου.

LXX

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

ASV

בְּ/שׁוּב אוֹיְבַ֥/י אָח֑וֹר יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ וְ֝/יֹאבְד֗וּ מִ/פָּנֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָח֑וֹר
'chvr
noun · 41×
י
y
verb · 282×
יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ
ykshlv
verb · 64×
ם
m
verb · 183×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 1Sam 17:10 — And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
  • Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
  • Lam 3:59 — O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
  • Ps 16:5 — The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
  • Ps 16:5 — The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
  • Ps 35:27 — Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
  • Ps 45:6 — Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
  • Ps 47:8 — God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
  • Ps 47:8 — God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
  • Ps 89:14 — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
  • Ps 96:13 — Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
  • Ps 98:9 — Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
  • Ps 119:43 — And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
  • Ps 140:12 — I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
  • Ps 140:12 — I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
  • Rom 2:2 — But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.