The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
What does Psalms 9:9 mean?
If we would praise God acceptably, we must praise him in sincerity, with our whole heart. When we give thanks for some one particular mercy, we should remember former mercies.
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Commentary on Psalms 9:9
The Lord also will be a refuge - Margin, an high place. The margin expresses the more exact sense of the, Hebrew word - misgab. It means properly height, altitude; then a height, rock, crag; and then, as such localities, being inaccessible to an enemy, were sought in times of danger as places of secure retreat, it comes to denote a place of security and refuge, Psalm 18:2 ; Psalm 46:7 , Psalm 46:11 ; Psalm 48:3 ; Psalm 59:9 , Psalm 59:17 ; Psalm 94:22 . The declaration here is equivalent to what is so often said, that God is a refuge, a rock, a high tower, a defense; meaning, that those referred to might find safety in him.
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Context in Psalms 9
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Psalms 9 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as Book I. Psalms is the Bible’s great book of sung prayer, teaching the full range of faithful speech from anguish and repentance to jubilation and doxology. Read this chapter with the wider themes of prayer, praise, and lament in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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