Psalms 9:17
The wicked shall return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
Revised Version 1895
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 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 froward is carried headlong.
Psalms 44:17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.
Psalms 106:13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore hell hath enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth 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 →