Chapter 9:
The Righteous in Zion; The Wicked in Hell.
To the chief
Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.
“Muth-labben
- What this phrase means is somewhat disputed, but it likely indicates either
what the motivation for writing the Psalm was (in which case it probably means
"the death of Labben" or "the death of the son" or
"the death of the fool") OR how the psalm was to be sung (in which
case it probably denotes a specific musical instrument to be used for
accompaniment, or an existing song whose tune was to be used.
Some (as in the New King James
Version) associate the title with the phrase’The Death of the Son’, and apply
that title as the ancient Chaldee version does: ‘Concerning the death of the Champion
who went out between the camps,’ referring to Goliath. Perhaps David wrote this
Psalm remembering the victory over Goliath from the advantage of many years
since that triumph.”
David tells about the judgement of the Lord and how he shall
judge the world in righteousness…
“…the
Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgement.” (Psalms
9:7)
David also mentions that those who trust in the Lord will
have his help…
“The
Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of troube.”
(Psalms 9:9)
David goes on to say that “…they that know thy name will
put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek
thee.” (Psalms 9:10)
Those
who put their trust in God will not be forsaken, or in other words will not be
abandoned. If you put your trust in the Lord he will be a refuge for you in
times of trouble. So that we can later “…rejoice in…salvation” (Psalms 9:14).
However, those who forsake the Lord and put their trust in the Devil, who by
the way WILL FORSAKE YOU, will be “…turned into hell…” (Psalms 9:17)
David, in
closing, asks the Lord to put the wicked people and nations “…in fear… that the
nations may know themselves to be but men.” (Psalms 9:20). We can learn a lot
from this, as the world falls apart around us, we can know that we are just men
(human) we must obey our master, Lord and Savior.
Chapter 10:
The Lord is King Forever and Ever
Because this Psalm
has no title (in the middle of several Psalms that do), and because it shares
some similar themes with Psalm 9, some have thought that it was originally the
second half of Psalm 9. But many arguments of Bible Scholars have lead to this
being really unknown.
David starts off by questioning the Lord;
“Why
standest thou afar off, Lord? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?”
(Psalms 10:1)
The answer is pretty simple, usually we don’t understand the
workings of the Lord, but as we are reminded in the last chapter, the Lord is a
refuge for those who trust him and he will not forsake them. See Psalms 9:9-10.
Sometimes we just don’t fully understand things that happen in our short life,
most people live to an average age of 75? 80? In the scheme of Eternity, that
is nothing!
David
goes on to mention that the evil/wicked ones are “…full of cursing…deceit and
fraud…” (Psalms 10:7)
David asks
the Lord in closing of this chapter to “…forget not the humble.” (Psalms 10:12)
and to “Break… the arm of the wicked and evil man…” (Psalms 10:15).
One thing we can know for sure is that the wicked will never prevail, those who
trust in the Lord will be lifted up in the last day and given refuge.
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