You have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 9:5 in context
Psalms 9:2–8
2
I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3
When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish in your presence.
4
For you have maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5
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You have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6
The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7
But the LORD reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8
He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
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