Psalms 9:4

4 You took over and set everything right; when I needed you, you were there, taking charge.

Psalms 9:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 9:4

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause
Or vindicated and established his righteous cause; God had pleaded and defended it, and by the flight, fall, and ruin of his enemies, had clearly made it appear that his cause was just and good;

thou sittest in the throne judging right;
God has not only a throne of grace on which he sits, and from whence he distributes grace and mercy to his people, but he has a throne of judgment, and which is prepared for it, as in ( Psalms 9:7 ) ; where he sits as the Judge of all the earth, and will do right; nor can he do otherwise, though his judgments are not always manifest in the present state of things; and the vindication of the psalmist's innocence and uprightness is another reason of his joy and gladness.

Psalms 9:4 In-Context

2 I'm whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I'm singing your song, High God.

3 The day my enemies turned tail and ran, they stumbled on you and fell on their faces.

4 You took over and set everything right; when I needed you, you were there, taking charge.

5 You blow the whistle on godless nations; you throw dirty players out of the game, wipe their names right off the roster.

6 Enemies disappear from the sidelines, their reputation trashed, their names erased from the halls of fame.