Psalm 9:4

4 For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.

Psalm 9:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 9:4

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause
Or vindicated and established his righteous cause; God had pleaded and defended it, and by the flight, fall, and ruin of his enemies, had clearly made it appear that his cause was just and good;

thou sittest in the throne judging right;
God has not only a throne of grace on which he sits, and from whence he distributes grace and mercy to his people, but he has a throne of judgment, and which is prepared for it, as in ( Psalms 9:7 ) ; where he sits as the Judge of all the earth, and will do right; nor can he do otherwise, though his judgments are not always manifest in the present state of things; and the vindication of the psalmist's innocence and uprightness is another reason of his joy and gladness.

Psalm 9:4 In-Context

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,