Psalms 9:19

“[But] verily God hath heard [me], etc.] So that it was a plain case that he had not regarded iniquity in his heart; had not lived a vicious course of life, nor was an hypocrite; otherwise God would not have heard his prayer; whereas he had, and which is confirmed in the following clause; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer; which is an instance of the grace and condescension of God, and showed in what high favour the psalmist was with the Lord, and what regard he had unto him; and therefore could not be the man his enemies represented him to be.”

“Arise--(compare Psa 4:7). let not man-- (Psa 8:4). let . . . be judged--and of course condemned.”

“Arise, O Lord - See the notes at Psalms 3:7. Let not man prevail - Against thee and thy cause. The war waged against the psalmist he regarded as waged against God, and he calls upon him, therefore, to interpose and vindicate his own cause. The word rendered “prevail” is be strong; that is, let not man seem to be stronger than thou art, or let, him not succeed in his efforts in opposing thy cause. Let the heathen be judged in thy sight - The nations to whom the writer had referred in the psalm, that were arrayed against him and against God. He desired that a just judgment should be passed on them, and that God would vindicate the righteous, and save them from the power of those who oppressed…”

“9:19-20 The psalmist ends his lament with a prayer for the Lord’s intervention and divine vengeance. • mere mortals . . . merely human: Humans who have received authority and glory sometimes become oppressive and assume glory for themselves (see 8:4; 10:18).”

“Arise: Psa 3:7, Psa 7:6, Psa 10:12, Psa 44:23, Psa 44:26, Psa 68:1, Psa 68:2, Psa 74:22, Psa 74:23, Psa 76:8, Psa 76:9, Psa 80:2; Isa 42:13, Isa 42:14, Isa 51:9; Zep 3:8 let not: Gen 32:28; Sa1 2:9; Ch2 14:11; Isa 42:13 let the: Psa 2:1-3, Psa 79:6, Psa 149:7; Jer 10:25; Joe 3:12; Mic 5:15; Zac 14:18; Rev 19:15 Psalms 9:20”

“(Heb.: 9:20-21) By reason of the act of judgment already witnessed the prayer now becomes all the more confident in respect of the state of things which is still continually threatened. From י the poet takes a leap to ק which, however, seems to be a substitute for the כ which one would expect to find, since the following Psalm begins with ל. David's קוּמה ( Psa 3:8; Psa 7:7) is taken from the lips of Moses, Num 10:35. "Jahve arises, comes, appears" are kindred expressions in the Old Testament, all of which point to a final personal appearing of God to take part in human history from which He has now, as it were, retired into a state of repose becoming invisible to human eyes. Hupfeld and…”