Psalm 9:5
New International Version
You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

New Living Translation
You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their names forever.

English Standard Version
You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Berean Standard Bible
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

King James Bible
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

New King James Version
You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

New American Standard Bible
You have rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked; You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

NASB 1995
You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

NASB 1977
Thou hast rebuked the nations; Thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name forever and ever.

Legacy Standard Bible
You have rebuked the nations, You have made the wicked perish; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Amplified Bible
You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant; You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

Christian Standard Bible
You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

American Standard Version
Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Contemporary English Version
You warn the nations and destroy evil people; you wipe out their names forever and ever.

English Revised Version
Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You wiped out their names forever and ever.

Good News Translation
You have condemned the heathen and destroyed the wicked; they will be remembered no more.

International Standard Version
You rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked, you wiped out their name forever and ever.

Majority Standard Bible
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

NET Bible
You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.

New Heart English Bible
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

World English Bible
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You have rebuked nations, "" You have destroyed the wicked, "" You have blotted out their name for all time and forever.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou didst rebuke the nations, thou didst destroy the unjust one, wiping off their name forever and ever.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.

New American Bible
You rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked; their name you blotted out for all time.

New Revised Standard Version
You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles and thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
You rebuked the nations and you destroyed the wicked and their names you have blotted out for an eternity of eternities.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
I Will Give Thanks to the LORD
4For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously. 5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. 6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.…

Cross References
Exodus 15:7
You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

Psalm 34:16
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

Psalm 92:9
For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

Psalm 145:20
The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Isaiah 14:22
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 26:14
The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

Jeremiah 10:24-25
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing. / Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.

Ezekiel 25:7
therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’

Nahum 1:14
The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”

Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Luke 1:51-52
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. / He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

Luke 10:18
So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

John 12:31
Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

1 Corinthians 15:24-25
Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. / For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.


Treasury of Scripture

You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name for ever and ever.

rebuked

Psalm 2:1,8,9
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? …

Psalm 78:55
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Psalm 79:10
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

destroyed

Psalm 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

1 Samuel 25:32
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

1 Samuel 31:4
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

put out

Deuteronomy 9:14
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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Psalm 9
1. David praises God for executing judgment
11. He incites others to praise him
13. He prays that he may have cause to praise him














You have rebuked the nations
The Hebrew word for "rebuked" is "גָּעַר" (ga'ar), which conveys a strong reprimand or correction. In the biblical context, this rebuke is not merely verbal but often involves divine intervention and judgment. Historically, the nations surrounding Israel frequently opposed God's people, and this phrase reflects God's sovereign authority to correct and judge entire nations. The rebuke serves as a reminder of God's power and justice, emphasizing that no nation is beyond His reach or correction.

You have destroyed the wicked
The term "destroyed" comes from the Hebrew "אָבַד" (abad), meaning to perish or be lost. This destruction is not just physical but also spiritual, indicating a complete removal from God's presence. The "wicked" refers to those who live in opposition to God's laws and righteousness. Throughout scripture, the fate of the wicked is contrasted with the reward of the righteous, underscoring the moral order established by God. This phrase reassures believers of God's ultimate justice and the eventual downfall of evil.

You have erased their name
In ancient cultures, a person's name was more than just an identifier; it represented their legacy and memory. The Hebrew word "מָחָה" (machah) means to blot out or obliterate. To have one's name erased signifies total obliteration from history and memory, a fate considered worse than death. This reflects the biblical theme that those who oppose God and His people will not only face temporal judgment but will also be forgotten, their legacies wiped away.

forever and ever
The phrase "forever and ever" is translated from the Hebrew "לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד" (le'olam va'ed), emphasizing perpetuity and eternal consequence. This underscores the eternal nature of God's judgments and the finality of His decrees. In a world where human justice can be temporary or flawed, this assurance of God's eternal justice provides comfort and hope to believers. It affirms that God's decisions are not only just but also everlasting, reinforcing the eternal nature of His kingdom and the ultimate triumph of righteousness.

(5) Put out.--Better, blotted out. The family is extinct and its name erased from the civil register. (See Psalm 69:28; Psalm 109:13.) The Daleth stanza is wanting.

Verse 5. - Thou hast rebuked the heathen; rather, thou didst rebuke; LXX., ἐπετίμησας: i.e. on the recent occasion. When God would rebuke, be punishes; when he punishes, by so doing he rebukes. Thou hast destroyed the wicked; rather, thou didst destroy. Thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. If taken literally, this should mean extermination, and so some explain (Hengstenberg, Kay, 'Speaker's Commentary'); but some allowance must be made for the use of hyperbole by a poet. None of the nations with which David contended suffered extinction or extermination.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You have rebuked
גָּעַ֣רְתָּ (gā·‘ar·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1605: To rebuke

the nations;
ג֭וֹיִם (ḡō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

You have destroyed
אִבַּ֣דְתָּ (’ib·baḏ·tā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

the wicked;
רָשָׁ֑ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

You have erased
מָ֝חִ֗יתָ (mā·ḥî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 4229: To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to

their name
שְׁמָ֥ם (šə·mām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8034: A name

forever
לְעוֹלָ֥ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

and ever.
וָעֶֽד׃ (wā·‘eḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5703: A, terminus, duration, advance, perpetuity


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