Psalms 9:15

“I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, etc.] Of the fattest of the flock; that is, of the best; such as Abel offered, (<010404>Genesis 4:4); with the incense of rams; or “rams with incense” f874; the Targum is, “with sweet incense, the sacrifice of rams;” Kimchi interprets it of incense of the fat of rams. I will offer bullocks with goats; he proposed to offer all kind of offerings, to show gratitude and thankfulness for the favours received; by all which are meant the calves, or fruit of the lips, the sacrifices of praise, thanksgiving to God, in the name of the whole church and people of God; (see <661901>Revelation 19:1-7). Selah; on this word, (see Gill on “<190302>Psalm…”

“The undesigned results of the devices of the wicked prove them to be of God's overruling or ordering, especially when those results are destructive to the wicked themselves.”

“The heathen - Hebrew, “The nations;” that is, the idolatrous people that were arrayed against him. See the notes at Psalms 9:5. Are sunk down - That is, referring to those who had been overcome, as mentioned in Psalms 9:5; or to those who still encompassed him, in respect to whom he was so certain that they would be overcome that he could speak of it as a thing already accomplished. According to the former view, it would be an encouragement derived from the past; according to the latter, it would indicate unwavering confidence in God, and the certain assurance of ultimate victory. It is not easy to determine which is the true interpretation. The Hebrew is, “Sunk are the nations in the pit…”

“Psa 7:15, Psa 7:16, Psa 35:8, Psa 37:15, Psa 57:6, Psa 94:23; Pro 5:22, Pro 22:8 Psalms 9:16”

“(Heb.: 9:16-17) And, as this ט-strophe says, the church is able to praise God; for it is rescued from death, and those who desired that death might overtake it, have fallen a prey to death themselves. Having interpreted the ה-strophe as the representation of the earlier צעקת עניּים we have no need to supply dicendo or dicturus, as Seb. Schmidt does, before this strophe, but it continues the praett. preceding the ח-strophe, which celebrate that which has just been experienced. The verb טבע (root טב, whence also טבל) signifies originally to press upon anything with anything flat, to be pressed into, then, as here and in Psa 69:3, Psa 69:15, to sink in. טמנוּ זוּ (pausal form in connection with…”