Bible Strands
Psalms 9:19
Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist petitions Yahweh to act against human opposition, positioned between a declaration that the oppressed will not be forgotten and a call for divine terror to strike the nations.
The words — The imperative קוּמָה (ku.ma/h) commands God to "arise," while יָעוֹז (ya.'oz) denotes the human strength that must not "prevail."
The thread — This plea mirrors the identical divine intervention cries recorded in Psalms 3:7, 44:23, and 44:26.
Why it lands — The text states that nations must be judged in God's presence, requiring the reader to abandon reliance on human power and submit to divine authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Cross-references
- Psalms 3:7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 44:23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- Psalms 44:26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
- Psalms 7:6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Psalms 10:12 Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
- Psalms 74:22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
- Psalms 149:7 to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
- Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Revelation 19:15 And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
- Genesis 32:28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”