Psalms 9:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 9:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 9:20 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 9:20 — KJV
“Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.”
— Psalms 9:20 (KJV)
Psalms 9:20 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 9:20
“For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:20: put, lord, may
“But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. a few...: Heb. men of number”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:20: lord, nations, may
“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:20: lord, may, know
“And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:20: lord, may, know
“But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:20: put, lord, may
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