Psalms 9:7

7 But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;

Psalms 9:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 9:7

But the Lord shall endure for ever
When antichrist is entirely ruined, his cities destroyed, and the memorial of them perished, then "shall the Lord sit for ever" ^F7, as the words may be rendered; that is, as a Jewish writer ^F8 paraphrases them, in rest and quiet. The words may be expressive of the unchangeableness and eternity and power of God; the Chaldee paraphrase of them is, (yyd armym) , "the Word of the Lord is for ever; his habitation is in the highest heavens". And they may very well be interpreted of Christ, the essential Word of God, who is the unchangeable, everlasting, and almighty God; and who sits King for ever, and must sit at God's right hand, in the highest heavens, until all his enemies are made his footstool; and to him most properly do the following things in this verse ( Psalms 9:8 ) belong:

he hath prepared his throne for judgment;
for the administration of judgment in this world, for the particular judgment after death, and for the general judgment after the resurrection of the dead; which seems by what follows to be chiefly meant, and which will come on after the destruction of antichrist; and all things are preparing for it; the day is appointed in which God will judge the world; Christ is ordained to be the Judge of quick and dead; devils and ungodly men are reserved to the judgment of the great day; the throne is ready, which will be a white one, ( Revelation 20:11 ) ; denoting the purity, justice, and uprightness of the Judge, who himself is at the door.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (bvy) "sedebit", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius, Michaelis; so Ainsworth; "sedet", Vatablus, Musculus.
F8 R. Abraham Seba in Tzeror Hammor, fol. 150. 2.

Psalms 9:7 In-Context

5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

6 The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

7 But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;

8 and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.

9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.