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Brenton's Septuagint

Psalms 9:3

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acrostic;   Enemy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - El 'Elyon;   Joy;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
My enemies retreated; they staggered and died when you appeared.
English Revised Version
When mine enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.
Update Bible Version
When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at your presence.
New Century Version
My enemies turn back; they are overwhelmed and die because of you.
New English Translation
When my enemies turn back, they trip and are defeated before you.
Webster's Bible Translation
When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
World English Bible
When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish in your presence.
Amplified Bible
When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.
English Standard Version
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thou turnest myn enemy abac; thei schulen be maad feble, and schulen perische fro thi face.
Berean Standard Bible
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
Contemporary English Version
When my enemies face you, they run away and stumble and are destroyed.
American Standard Version
When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
Bible in Basic English
When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will be glad and exult in you. I will sing praise to your name, ‘Elyon.
Darby Translation
When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
Easy-to-Read Version
My enemies turned to run from you, but they fell and were destroyed.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High:
King James Version (1611)
When mine enemies are turned backe, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
New Life Bible
When those who hate me turn away, they fall and are lost from You.
New Revised Standard
When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.
George Lamsa Translation
When mine enemies are beaten back, they shall stumble and perish before thy presence.
Good News Translation
My enemies turn back when you appear; they fall down and die.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(9-4) When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and perish before thy face.
Revised Standard Version
When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For that myne enemies are returned backwarde: are fallen and perished at thy presence.
Christian Standard Bible®
When my enemies retreat,they stumble and perish before you.
Hebrew Names Version
When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish in your presence.
King James Version
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
Lexham English Bible
When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish because of your presence.
Literal Translation
When my enemies turn back, they will fall and perish before You.
Young's Literal Translation
In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Because thou hast dryue myne enemies abacke, they were discofited, & perished at thy presence.
THE MESSAGE
The day my enemies turned tail and ran, they stumbled on you and fell on their faces. You took over and set everything right; when I needed you, you were there, taking charge.
New American Standard Bible
When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.
New King James Version
When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.
Legacy Standard Bible
When my enemies turn back,They stumble and perish before You.

Contextual Overview

1 I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful works. 2 I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High. 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness. 5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever. 6 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise, 7 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness. 9 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction. 10 And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they shall: Psalms 68:1, Psalms 68:2, Psalms 76:7, Psalms 80:16, Isaiah 64:3, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Revelation 6:12-17, Revelation 20:11

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:35 - cause Job 22:29 - men Psalms 18:37 - General Psalms 21:12 - Therefore Psalms 40:14 - driven Psalms 142:7 - my soul

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
Genesis 9:3
And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the green herbs.
Genesis 9:5
For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of his brother man.
Genesis 9:12
And the Lord God said to Noe, This is the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.
Genesis 9:14
And it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that my bow shall be seen in the cloud.
Genesis 9:15
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.
Genesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
Genesis 9:22
And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without.
Genesis 9:25
And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.
Genesis 9:26
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When mine enemies are turned back,.... As the Philistines were, when Goliath their champion was dead; and as the men that came to apprehend Christ, David's antitype, went backwards and fell to the ground, through the superior power of Christ; and as sin, Satan, and the world, and at last antichrist, are made to retreat from the Lord's people, who are more than conquerors over them through Christ that has loved them. "They shall fall and perish at thy presence"; they shall stumble at one thing or another which divine Providence will throw in their way to hinder them from executing their designs, and so fall before them they meant to destroy, and perish at the presence of God as wax melteth before the fire; see Psalms 27:2; so antichrist shall be consumed with the breath of Christ's mouth, and the brightness of his coming, 2 Thessalonians 2:8; and this is the ground and foundation of the psalmist's joy, and rejoicing, and singing praise to God as it will be the reason of the joy of saints in the latter day, Revelation 18:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When mine enemies are turned back - Who these enemies were, the psalmist does not say. It is clear, however, as was remarked in the introduction, that the psalm was composed:

(a) in view of a victory which had been achieved over some formidable enemies; and

(b) in view of some dangers still impending from a similar source.

The literal meaning of the passage here is, “In the turning of my enemies back;” that is, in their retreat, defeat, overthrow. So far as the Hebrew form of expression is concerned, this may either refer to what had been done, or to what would be; and may imply either that they had been turned back, or that the psalmist hoped and believed that they would be; for in either case the fact would show the divine perfections, and give occasion for gratitude and praise. The verbs with which this is connected - “they shall fall and perish” - are indeed in the Hebrew, as in our version, in the future tense; but this does not necessarily determine the question whether the psalmist refers to what had occurred or what would occur. His attitude is this: he contemplates his enemies as mighty and formidable; he sees the danger which exists when such enemies surround one; he looks at the interposition of God, and he sees that whenever it occurs it would be followed by this consequence, that they would stumble and fall before him. But while this verse does not determine the question whether he refers to what has been, or to what would be, the subsequent verses Psalms 9:4-6 seem to settle it, where he speaks as if this were already done, and as if God had interposed in a remarkable manner in defeating his foes. I regard this, therefore, as a reflection on what had occurred, and as expressing what was then actually a ground of praise and thanksgiving.

They shall fall and perish - A general statement in view of what had occurred, meaning that this would always be the case.

At thy presence - Before thee; that is, when thou dost manifest thyself. This was the reason why they would stumble and fall, and is equivalent to saying, that “whenever mine enemies are turned back, the reason why they stumble and fall is “thy presence.” It is the interposition of thy power. It is not to be traced to the prowess of man that they thus turn back, and that they fall and perish; it is to be traced to the fact that thou art present - that thou dost interpose.” It is thus an acknowledgment of God as the author of the victory in all cases.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 9:3. When mine enemies are turned back — It is a sure sign of a nearly approaching complete conquest over sin, when, by resistance to its influences, it begins to lose its power. That is the time to follow on to know the Lord.


 
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