Psalms 9:17
The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
In Context
18For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
Cross References
Job 5:13Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
Psalms 44:17All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
Psalms 49:14As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.
Psalms 106:13They have hasted — forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.
Proverbs 14:32In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one — into 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 →