Commentaire sur Les Psaumes 9:17

The Lord is known All this is part of the praise: The Lord is known to the creatures; [it is known] that He governs and rules and wreaks vengeance upon His enemies, for He performs justice upon them, “justice” in French.

The Lord hath made Himself known: – Now the Lord has made Himself known in this war, for Israel had conquered them with but little strength and power, compared with theirs; and they would not have been able to conquer them except the Lord had fought for Israel.

the wicked man stumbles Heb. נוקש, the wicked man stumbles. Let us meditate over this forever.

He hath executed judgment:on the Philistines.

הגיון סלה, lit. a constant meditation. Let us meditate over this forever.

The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands:This (wicked one) is Goliath, for with his own sword was he killed. And the word נוֹקֵשׁ (snared) is written (here) with sere equivalent to pathah, and is the niphal form with the same root-meaning as מוֹקְשִׁים, snares. It is possible also to explain the nun as radical, and then it is an intransitive verb, of which the meaning can be exemplified in the verse: "they that seek my life laid snares (וינקשו) " (Ps. 38:13). And נוקשׁ and יקשׁ have the same meaning.

Higgayon. Selah:This deliverance is the subject of our meditation (higgayon) and thanksgiving.