KJV King James Version
The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
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Psalm 9:16
The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.[Higgaion. Selah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
Surrounding context — Psalm 9
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
נ֤וֹדַ֨ע׀H3045 · ya.dato knowיְהוָה֮H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDמִשְׁפָּ֪טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementעָ֫שָׂ֥הH6213 · a.sahto make: doבְּפֹ֣עַלH6467 · po.alworkכַּ֭פָּיוH3709 · kaphpalmנוֹקֵ֣שׁH5367 · na.qashto snareרָשָׁ֑עH7563 · ra.sahwickedהִגָּי֥וֹןH1902 · hig.ga.vonHiggaionסֶֽלָה׃H5542 · se.lahSelah
Cross-references
Exodus 7:5And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.Proverbs 12:13The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.Psalm 83:17-18Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:Exodus 14:31And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.Isaiah 8:15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I [am] the LORD. And they did so.Joshua 2:10-11For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that [were] on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.Judges 1:7And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their meat] under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.Proverbs 6:2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.2 Kings 19:34-35For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.Deuteronomy 29:22-28So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;Psalm 48:11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.Psalm 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.Exodus 14:10And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.2 Kings 19:19Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.Psalm 19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.1 Samuel 6:19-20And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with a great slaughter.1 Samuel 17:46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
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