King James Version
Psalms 9:19 in the King James Version says “Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.”
Psalms 9:19 · KJV
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Put them in fear , O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“be judged”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
“let the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in thy sight”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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