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Forכִּיyou have upheldעָשִׂיתָmy rightמִשְׁפָּטִיand my cause;וְדִינִיyou have satיָשַׁבְתָּon the throne,לְכִסֵּאrighteousצֶדֶקjudge.שׁוֹפֵט
Psalms 9:4
Study it in the app“For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on the throne, righteous judge.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 9:4, word by word
- you have upheldעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- my rightמִשְׁפָּטִmishpati
right
What is due someone: what the orphan should receive.
Where else “mishpati” appears- and my causeדִינִdini
case
A matter before the judge.
Where else “dini” appears- you have satיָשַׁבְתָּyashavta
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashavta” appears- on the throneכִסֵּאchise
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “chise” appears- righteousצֶדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears- judgeשׁוֹפֵטshofet
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofet” appears
The context
3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before you.
4 · This verse (above)
5You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked; their name you have blotted out forever and ever.