The Meaning of Psalms 9:5 Explained

Psalms 9:5

KJV: Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

YLT: Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

Darby: Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou hast rebuked  the heathen,  thou hast destroyed  the wicked,  thou hast put out  their name  for ever  and ever. 

What does Psalms 9:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 9:1-20 - Confidence In The Righteous Judge
The Chaldee version adds to the inscription, "concerning the death of the champion who went out between the camps," referring to the death of Goliath. This is the first of the Acrostic or Alphabetical Psalms, of which there are nine: Psalms 9:1-20; Psalms 10:1-18; Psalms 25:1-22; Psalms 34:1-22; Psalms 37:1-40; Psalms 111:1-10; Psalms 112:1-10; Psalms 119:1-176; Psalms 145:1-21.
There is a predominant note of praise, Psalms 9:1-5; Psalms 9:11-12; Psalms 9:14. Let memory heap fuel on the altar of praise. In the resurrection of our Lord, God indeed rebuked our arch-enemy, and his strongholds are now wastes, Zechariah 3:1-2; 2 Corinthians 10:4; Colossians 2:15. But there is a corresponding note of trust, Psalms 9:7-12. Calamity drives us to God. The more we know the more we trust Him. Doubt is born of ignorance. Leave God to vindicate; He will not forget, Psalms 9:12. There is a petition for further help, Psalms 9:13; Psalms 9:19-20. We have been at the gates of death, Psalms 9:13; here are the gates of the Holy City, Psalms 9:14. Compare Psalms 9:15 and Esther 7:10. God does not forget; forget Him not, Psalms 9:12; Psalms 17:1-15. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 9

1  David praises God for executing judgment
11  He incites others to praise him
13  He prays that he may have cause to praise him

What do the individual words in Psalms 9:5 mean?

You have rebuked the nations You have destroyed the wicked their name You have blotted out forever and ever
גָּעַ֣רְתָּ ג֭וֹיִם אִבַּ֣דְתָּ רָשָׁ֑ע שְׁמָ֥ם מָ֝חִ֗יתָ לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד

גָּעַ֣רְתָּ  You  have  rebuked 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: גָּעַר  
Sense: (Qal) to rebuke, reprove, corrupt.
ג֭וֹיִם  the  nations 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
אִבַּ֣דְתָּ  You  have  destroyed 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
רָשָׁ֑ע  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
שְׁמָ֥ם  their  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
מָ֝חִ֗יתָ  You  have  blotted  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: מָחָא 
Sense: to wipe, wipe out.
לְעוֹלָ֥ם  forever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
וָעֶֽד  and  ever 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַד  
Sense: perpetuity, for ever, continuing future.