Psalm 9:4

4 For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.

Psalm 9:4 in Other Translations

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

4 For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

4 For you have judged in my favor; from your throne you have judged with fairness.

4 You took over and set everything right; when I needed you, you were there, taking charge.

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

4 You have defended my just cause: You sat down on your throne as a fair judge.

4 For You have upheld my just cause; You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.

4 You have proved that I haven't done anything wrong. You have sat on your throne and judged fairly.

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 rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

3 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

4 For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.

5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

6 Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Kings 8:45
• 2. S Job 16:21; Psalms 140:12
• 3. Psalms 11:4; Psalms 47:8; Isaiah 6:1
• 4. Psalms 7:11; Psalms 67:4; Psalms 98:9; 1 Peter 2:23