Psa 9:5-6, 34:16, 37:36 | JFB | e4.org | 3-5. When . . . are turned back —It is the result of God's power alone. He, as a righteous Judge ( ), vindicates His people. He rebukes by acts as well as words ( ), and so effectually as to destroy the names of nations as well as persons.

‏ Psalms 9:5-6

3-5. When . . . are turned back—It is the result of God's power alone. He, as a righteous Judge (Ps 7:11), vindicates His people. He rebukes by acts as well as words (Ps 6:1; 18:15), and so effectually as to destroy the names of nations as well as persons.

6. Literally, "As to the enemy finished are his ruins for ever. Thou [God] hast destroyed," &c. (1Sa 15:3, 7; 27:8, 9). The wicked are utterly undone. Their ruins shall never be repaired.

‏ Psalms 34:16

16. face . . . against—opposed to them (Le 17:10; 20:3).

cut off the remembrance—utterly destroy (Ps 109:13).

‏ Psalms 37:36

36. he was not—(Compare Ps 37:10).