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Psalm 9:16
The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
14that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
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The wicked caught in their own handiwork makes God's judgment concrete, while the closing pause leaves room to reckon with its severity.
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Exodus 7:5The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among them.”The LORD makes himself known through judgment in the psalm and through his action against Egypt in Exodus.
Proverbs 1:18but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.Both texts describe evildoers bringing harm upon themselves through the very deeds they undertake.
Ezekiel 38:23I will magnify myself and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’Both texts speak of the LORD making himself known; Ezekiel names many nations as witnesses.
Psalm 1:5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.Both psalms place the wicked under judgment, describing their entrapment in one and their inability to stand in the other.
Isaiah 49:26I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, the …Both texts portray severe judgment on evildoers as an act through which the LORD makes himself known.
Psalm 50:6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.Both psalms identify God as the one who judges, and both include Selah after their declarations.
Jeremiah 16:21“Therefore behold, I will cause them to know, this once I will cause them to know my hand and my might. Then they will know that my name is the LORD.”Both texts describe the LORD making himself known through what he does; Jeremiah emphasizes his hand and might.
Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.Both texts describe an evildoer caught by his own conduct, with Proverbs naming sinful speech as the trap.
Psalm 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”Both psalms connect judgment with recognition of God as the one who judges.
Psalm 83:17–18Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;Psalm 9 declares judgment accomplished, while Psalm 83 asks for disgrace and death; both speak of ruin.
Exodus 14:31Israel saw the great work which the LORD did to the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.Both texts connect the LORD's deeds with human recognition of him, though Exodus names Israel's fear and faith.
Isaiah 5:16but the LORD of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.Both texts connect the LORD's greatness with justice: he makes himself known through judgment and is exalted in justice.
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Injustice and anger. fear for the future. sermon or Bible study notes.
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These words give no timetable for every wrong you witness. They declare that evil is subject to God's judgment, even through the work of the evildoer's own hands.
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