Psalms 9:17
\9:16\The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
In Context
18\9:17\The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.
Cross References
Job 5:13He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
Psalms 44:17\44:16\Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.
Psalms 49:14\49:13\This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)
Psalms 106:13But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,
Proverbs 14:32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
Isaiah 5:14For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down 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 →