9:4 For you defended my just cause; 1
from your throne you pronounced a just decision. 2
1 tn Heb “for you accomplished my justice and my legal claim.”
2 tn Heb “you sat on a throne [as] one who judges [with] righteousness.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 4 probably allude to a recent victory (see vv. 5-7). Another option is to understand the verbs as describing what is typical (“you defend…you sit on a throne”).