Skip to main content
Psalmlog Logo
Read

Psalm 9:4

For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

2I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
World English BibleRead in NIV in Psalmlog →
← Psalm 9:3Psalm 9:5 →
Notice

The throne gives this thanksgiving its weight: the speaker credits his vindication to God, whose authority to judge rests above every human claim to justice.

Questions to write on. Each one opens a new entry with this verse already attached.

What difference does God’s throne make to how you view a cause that matters to you?

Write on this

Where have you seen a just cause upheld that you want to thank God for?

Write on this

What part of your own judgment feels uncertain beside God’s righteous judgment?

Write on this
Connect

Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

This verse's connections, by chapterThe Bible's strongest chapter linksHover or tap a book to trace it
Psalm 140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.Both passages credit God with maintaining a cause, with Psalm 140 naming the afflicted and needy as recipients of justice.
1 Peter 2:23When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.Both texts describe God as judging righteously; Peter describes the suffering Christ entrusting himself to that Judge.
Psalm 98:9Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.Both psalms praise God’s righteous judgment, with Psalm 98 extending the scope to the world and its peoples.
Isaiah 11:4but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with …Righteous judgment is the shared thread, with Isaiah naming the poor and humble as those receiving equitable decisions.
Psalm 16:5The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.Both speakers credit God with securing their circumstances, though Psalm 16 speaks of an allotted portion rather than a judicial cause.
Psalm 47:8God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.Both passages picture God seated on his throne, expressing his authority through judgment in Psalm 9 and reign in Psalm 47.
Romans 2:2We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.Both texts affirm the integrity of God’s judgment: Psalm 9 names righteousness, while Romans names truth.
Lamentations 3:59LORD, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.Both speakers bring their cause before God as Judge; one celebrates his action, while the other asks him to act.
2 Samuel 18:19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me now run and carry the king news, how the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”Both settings credit the LORD with vindication against enemies, expressed through the psalm’s thanksgiving and Ahimaaz’s proposed report to the king.
1 Kings 8:45then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.Both passages speak of God maintaining a cause, one as thanks for help received and the other as a plea.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. answered prayer. gratitude.

What the Bible says about anger →What the Bible says about gratitude →
One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Thank God for one instance of justice upheld

prayeroncelight
Encouragement

The speaker thanks God after his enemies fall, crediting God with upholding his cause. Your own dispute may remain unresolved; God’s throne is still a place of righteous judgment.

Now put it in your words.

Start an entry on Psalm 9:4. Write what it stirs. Psalmlog sets your words beside Scripture and gives you one next step. Your first entry is free, no account needed.

Keep goingPsalm 9 · the whole chapter with its connection mapPsalms · every chapterBuild a reading plan through Psalms

Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).