King James Version

Psalms 9:5

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 9:6.

גָּעַ֣רְתָּgaartacorruptגָּעַרverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “corrupt”, a completed actionH1605to chidecorrupt, rebuke, reprove.ג֭וֹיִםgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.אִבַּ֣דְתָּibadtadestroyאָבַדverb, piel, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.רָשָׁ֑עrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.שְׁמָ֥םshemamfameשֵׁםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fame”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.מָ֝חִ֗יתָmachitareach untoמָחָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “reach unto”, a completed actionH4229properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach toabolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out).לְעוֹלָ֥םleolamto alwayעוֹלָםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…וָעֶֽדvaedand eternityעַדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and eternity”, the ordinary formH5703properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)eternity, ever(-lasting, -more), old, perpetually, [phrase] world without end.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(9-6) Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

World English Bible

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Darby Translation

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

Douay-Rheims

For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(9-6) Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπετίμησας ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἀπώλετο ὁ ἀσεβὴς· τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῶν ἐξήλειψας εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.