Psalms 9:18
(9:19) For not everlastingly shall the needy be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
In Context
17(9:18) The wicked shall return into hell, all the nations that are forgetful of God.
Cross References
Psalms 9:12(9:13) For he, that inquireth after acts of blood, hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
Psalms 50:22Do but reflect on this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, with none to deliver.
Psalms 72:4He shall judge the afflicted of the people, he shall give help to the children of the needy; but he shall crush the oppressor.
Psalms 102:17(102:18) [When] he hath regarded the prayer of the forsaken, and doth not despise their prayer.
Psalms 109:31For he ever standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.
Proverbs 23:18For surely there is a future, and thy hope will not be cut off.
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 →