Psalms 9:8

“And he shall judge the world in righteousness, etc.] The word lbt, rendered “world”, is, as Ben Melech well observes, a general name for all the countries of the habitable world; and so shows that it is the universal judgment that is here spoken of; and which will be carried on and finished with the utmost righteousness, and according to the strictest rules of justice and equity; and is therefore called the righteous judgment of God, ( <450205>Romans 2:5); (see <199613>Psalm 96:13 98:9 <441731>Acts 17:31); he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness; which signifies the same with the former clause, unless by the “world” there, should be meant the wicked of the world; and by the…”

“And he shall judge the world in righteousness - The word here rendered world means properly the habitable earth; and then it denotes the inhabitants that dwell upon the earth. The statement here is general, and is suggested by what is referred to in the previous verses. In the particular case on which the psalm turns, God had manifested himself as a just Judge. He had overthrown the enemies of himself and of truth; he had interposed in behalf of the righteous: and from this fact the psalmist makes the natural and proper inference that this would be fouud to be his character in regard to all the world; this indicated what, in all Iris dealings with men he would always be found to be; this…”

“Psa 50:6, Psa 94:15, Psa 96:13, Psa 98:9, Psa 99:4; Gen 18:25; Isa 11:4, Isa 11:5; Act 17:31; Rom 2:5, Rom 2:6, Rom 2:16; Rev 20:12, Rev 20:13 Psalms 9:9”