Psalms 9:1-20
Psalms 9:1-20 and Psalms 10:1-18 are closely linked in their prophetic aspects. Psalms 9:1-20 sets forth the enemy from without – the nations in coalition against Israel. Psalms 10:1-18 introduces the enemy within – the ungodly oppressors persecuting the faithful remnant. The schemes of the wicked are only for a limited time. Their name will be obliterated for ever (v. 5); their ravages will be brought to an end for ever (v. 6) and the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever (v. 18). Indeed it is also for ever that the LORD has taken His seat: "he hath prepared his throne for judgment" (v. 7; Psalms 58:11). Then He will call men to account for the blood and tears of the faithful, shed in every age. He will avenge the oppressed (v. 9), the afflicted whose cry He has not forgotten (v. 12). But the principal charge levelled against humanity, indicated by the title of the psalm, is the death of the Son of God (Muth-labben): the outrage committed against God by the world in crucifying His Beloved. A terrible judgment is in store for the race of His murderers.
In the parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25:31 . . .) the Lord Jesus describes the judgment of the nations at the dawn of His reign and announces that each will be judged according to how they have treated Him.