Psalms 9:18
For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
Young's Literal Translation
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
17The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.
19Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.
Cross References
Psalms 9:12For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
Psalms 50:22Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
Psalms 72:4He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.
Psalms 102:17He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.
Psalms 109:31For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.
Proverbs 23:18For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not 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 →