translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . The psalmist, probably speaking on behalf of Israel or Judah, praises God for delivering him from hostile nations. He celebrates God’s sovereignty and justice, and calls on others to join him in boasting of God’s greatness. Many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version (LXX) combine Psalms 9 and 10 into a single psalm.


text: Daughter Zion is an idiomatic title for Jerusalem. It appears frequently in the prophets, but only here in the psalms.


text: The hostility of the nations against God’s people is their downfall, for it prompts God to intervene and destroy them. See also Ps 7:15-16 .


text: Rise up, Lord ! …May the nations be judged . The psalm concludes with a petition that the Lord would continue to exercise his justice as he has done in the recent crisis.