Psalms 9:17

The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. Pause

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In The King James Version

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

In Context

16I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.

18The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.

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Cross References

Job 5:13He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.

Psalms 44:17For your fathers, sons have been born to you. You will establish them as leaders over all the earth.

Psalms 49:14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.

Psalms 106:13And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.

Proverbs 14:32The impious will be expelled in his malice. But the just finds hope even in his own death.

Isaiah 5:14For this reason, Hell has expanded its soul, and has opened its mouth without any limits. And their strong ones, and their people, and their exalted and glorious ones will 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 →

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