Psalm 9:20 {21}
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Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.

Put

Psalm 76:12 Even to him who taketh away the spirit of princes: to the terrible with the kings of the earth.

Exodus 15:16 Let fear and dread fall upon them, in the greatness of thy arm: let them become immoveable as a stone, until thy people, O Lord, pass by: until this thy people pass by, which thou hast possessed.

Exodus 23:27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come: and will turn the backs of all thy enemies before thee:

Deuteronomy 2:25 This day will I begin to send the dread and fear of thee upon the nations that dwell under the whole heaven: that when they hear thy name they may fear and tremble, and be in pain like women in travail.

Jeremiah 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, and will not cease to do them good: and I will give my fear in their heart, that they may not revolt from me.

Ezekiel 30:13 Thus saith the Lord God: I will also destroy the idols, and I will make an end of the idols of Memphis: and there shall: be no more a prince of the land of Egypt and I will cause a terror in the land of Egypt.

may

Psalm 82:6,7 I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High. . . .

Isaiah 31:3 Egypt is man, and not God: and their horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall all be confounded together.

Ezekiel 28:2,9 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am God, and I sit in the chair of God in the heart of the sea: whereas thou art a man, and not God: and hast set thy heart as if it were the heart of God. . . .

Acts 12:22,23 And the people made acclamation, saying: It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. . . .

Context
I Will Give Thanks to the LORD
19Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight. 20Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.
Cross References
Psalm 14:5
They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.

Psalm 62:9
But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am God, and I sit in the chair of God in the heart of the sea: whereas thou art a man, and not God: and hast set thy heart as if it were the heart of God.

Lexicon
Lay
שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה (šî·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set

terror
מוֹרָ֗ה (mō·w·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4172: Fear, a fearful thing, deed

upon them, [O LORD];
יְהוָ֨ה ׀ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

let the nations
גוֹיִ֑ם (ḡō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

know
יֵדְע֥וּ (yê·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

they
לָ֫הֶ֥ם (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

are but men.
אֱנ֖וֹשׁ (’ĕ·nō·wōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 582: Man, mankind

Selah
סֶּֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: Suspension, pause


Additional Translations
Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. SelahPut them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Put them in fear, O LORD: let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they are men! Selah.
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