Psalms 9:17
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
In Context
18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
Cross References
Job 5:13He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Psalms 44:17All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
Psalms 106:13They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, 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 →