King James Version
Psalms 9:5 in the King James Version says “Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.”
Psalms 9:5 · KJV
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. maintained: Heb. made my judgment judging right: Heb. judging in righteousness
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities ; their memorial is perished with them. O thou: or, The destructions of the enemy are come to a perpetual end: and their cities hast thou destroyed, etc
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“thou hast destroyed”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
“their name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“thou hast put out”
H4229properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e., grease or make fat
“for ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“and ever”
H5703properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e., (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or wit
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