Psalms 9:5

God has rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked, and blotted out their name forever. Divine judgment thoroughly removes persistent evil.

Cross-references · 20

• Prov 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
• Mal 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
• Rev 19:15And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
• Prov 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
• Deut 9:14Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
• Ps 78:55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
• Ps 149:7to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
• Ps 79:10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
• 2 Sam 22:44–46You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
• 2 Sam 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
• 2 Sam 21:15–22Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.
• Ps 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• 2 Sam 5:6–16Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
• 1 Sam 31:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
• Ps 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
• 2 Sam 8:1–15Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
• 1 Sam 17:45–51But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
• 1 Sam 25:32Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
• 2 Sam 10:6–9When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
• Ps 2:8–9Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

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