Psalms 9:4 meaning and explanation

For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

Psalms 9:4, Berean Standard Bible

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David speaks these words to God in a psalm of thanksgiving, looking back on a time when enemies attacked him and God vindicated him. The Hebrew word mishpat, meaning judgment or legal case, shows David picturing his situation as a lawsuit in which God himself has ruled in his favor.

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