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God's Justice in Action
Commentators explain that God's 'rebuke' in this verse is not just a verbal warning but a decisive, powerful action. God acts as a righteous judge, intervening in history to overthrow wicked forces that oppose His people. This is a concrete display of His power and commitment to defending just causes.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 9:5
18th Century
Theologian
Thou hast rebuked the heathen—This refers not to pagans in general, or the nations at large, but to those who are particularly ment…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 9:5
19th Century
Bishop
Put out. —Better, blotted out. The family is extinct and its name erased from the civil register. ([Reference Psalms 109:…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 9:5–6
19th Century
Preacher
You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name forever and ever. O you enemy, –
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John Calvin
On Psalms 9:4–5
16th Century
Theologian
The Psalmist proceeds a step further in the 4th verse, declaring that God stretched forth his hand to give him help, because he was unrighteously a…
John Gill
On Psalms 9:5
17th Century
Pastor
You have rebuked the Heathen
The people of the Philistines, as the Targum and Kimchi explain it, though some Jewish …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 9:1–10
17th Century
Minister
If we are to praise God acceptably, we must praise Him in sincerity, with our whole heart. When we give thanks for a particular mercy, we should re…