King James Version

Psalms 9:6

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 9:7.

הָֽאוֹיֵ֨בhaoyevthe enemyאֹיֵבdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.תַּ֥מּוּtamvaccomplishתָּמַםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “accomplish”, a completed actionH8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveaccomplish, cease, be clean (pass-) ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, [idiom] be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.חֳרָב֗וֹתchoravotdecayed placeחׇרְבָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “decayed place”, the ordinary formH2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolationdecayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).לָ֫נֶ֥צַחlanetsachto alwayנֶצַחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to alway”, the ordinary formH5331properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)alway(-s), constantly, end, ([phrase] n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.וְעָרִ֥יםvearimand cityעִירconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.נָתַ֑שְׁתָּnatashtadestroyנָתַשׁverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH5428to tear awaydestroy, forsake, pluck (out, up, by the roots), pull up, root out (up), [idiom] utterly. sאָבַ֖דavaddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd 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.זִכְרָ֣םzikhrammemorialזֵכֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “memorial”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2143a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemorationmemorial, memory, remembrance, scent.הֵֽמָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(9-7) O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

Young’s Literal Translation

O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

World English Bible

The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

Darby Translation

O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(9-7) O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τοῦ ἐχθροῦ ἐξέλιπον αἱ ῥομφαῖαι εἰς τέλος, καὶ πόλεις καθεῖλες· ἀπώλετο τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν μετʼ ἤχου,