Psalms 9:17
The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
In Context
18For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.
Cross References
Job 5:13Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
Psalms 44:17All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are cast into the underworld; Death shall feed upon them; And the upright shall soon trample upon them. Their form shall be consumed in the underworld, And they shall no more have a dwelling-place.
Psalms 106:13But they soon forgot his deeds, And waited not for his counsel.
Proverbs 14:32By his wickedness the wicked is thrust down; But the righteous hath hope even in death.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore doth the under-world enlarge its greedy throat, And stretch open its mouth without measure, And down go her nobility and her wealth, Her busy throng, and all that was joyful within her.
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 →