Psalms 9:4

“For thou hast maintained my right and my cause, etc.] Or vindicated and established his righteous cause; God had pleaded and defended it, and by the flight, fall, and ruin of his enemies, had clearly made it appear that his cause was just and good; thou sittest in the throne judging right; God has not only a throne of grace on which he sits, and from whence he distributes grace and mercy to his people, but he has a throne of judgment, and which is prepared for it, as in (<190907>Psalm 9:7); where he sits as the Judge of all the earth, and will do right; nor can he do otherwise, though his judgments are not always manifest in the present state of things; and the vindication of the psalmist’s…”

“For thou hast maintained my right and my cause - My righteous cause; that is, when he was unequally attacked. When his enemies came upon him in an unprovoked and cruel manner, God had interposed and had defended his cause. This shows that the psalmist refers to something that had occurred in the past; also that he regarded his cause as right - for the interposition of God in his behalf had confirmed him in this belief. Thou satest in the throne judging right - As if he had been seated on a bench of justice, and bad decided on the merits of his cause before he interfered in his behalf. It was not the result of impulse, folly, partiality, or favoritism; it was because he had, as a judge,…”

“9:4 The throne represents the Lord’s royal authority.”

“For: Psa 16:5, Psa 140:12 maintained: etc. Heb. made my judgment right: Heb. in righteousness, Psa 45:6, Psa 45:7, Psa 47:8, Psa 89:14, Psa 96:13, Psa 98:9; Isa 11:4; Pe1 2:23 Psalms 9:5”