translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . Many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version (LXX) combine Psalms 9 and 10 into a single psalm. Taken in isolation, is a petition for help in which the psalmist urges the Lord to deliver him from his dangerous enemies, whom he describes in vivid and terrifying detail. The psalmist concludes with confidence; he is certain that God’s justice will prevail.


text: Rise up, O Lord ! The psalmist’s mood changes from lament to petition and confidence.


text: The arm symbolizes the strength of the wicked, which they use to oppress and exploit the weak.


text: You have heard . The psalmist is confident that God has responded positively to his earlier petitions for divine intervention. The psalmist apparently prayed the words of vv. 16-18 after the reception of an oracle of deliverance (given in response to the confident petition of vv. 12-15 ) or after the Lord actually delivered him from his enemies.