Psalms 9:17
(9-18) The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
In Context
18(9-19) For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
Cross References
Job 5:13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
Psalms 44:17(44-18) All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
Psalms 49:14(49-15) Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.
Psalms 106:13They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is thrust down in his misfortune; but the righteous, even when he is brought to death, hath hope.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore the nether-world hath enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure; and down goeth their glory, and their tumult, and their uproar, and he that rejoiceth among them.
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 →