Psalms 9:17
Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
In Context
18For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
Cross References
Job 5:13He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee, nor have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.
Psalms 106:13They soon forgot his works. They did not wait for his counsel,
Proverbs 14:32An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure. And their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend [into it].
Matthew Henry on Psalms 9:12-20
A Call to Praise God; Certain Ruin of the Wicked. 11 Sing praises to the Lord , which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk… Read the whole commentary →