Psalm 9:17-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 9:17

The wicked shall be tamed into hell ; literally, shall be turned backwards to Sheol , or Hades ; i.e. shall be removed from earth to the place of departed spirits. There is no direct threat of retribution or punishment, beyond the poena damni , or loss of all that is pleasing and delightful in this life. And all the nations that forget God; rather, even all the people (Kay). "The wicked" and "the people that forget God" are identical. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 9:18

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten . The peer and needy, the oppressed and down-trodden ( Psalms 9:9 , Psalms 9:12 ), seem for a time to be forgotten of God; but even this seeming oblivion comes to an end when judgment fails on the oppressors ( Psalms 9:17 ). The expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. "The expectation of the poor" is deliverance. It shall not "perish," or be disappointed, "for ever," i.e. always. There shall be a time when their expectation... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 9:17

The wicked - All the wicked; all who come properly under the denomination of wicked persons. Doubtless the writer had particularly in his eye the enemies with whom he was contending, and in reference to whom the psalm wits composed; and he meant to say that they would be certainly punished. But what was true in regard to them, was true of all others of similar character, and the statement is therefore made in a universal form - all the wicked.Shall be turned - Shall turn back, or be turned from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 9:18

For the needy - The poor; those who are dependent and helpless.Shall not always be forgotten - That is, by God. He will interfere and save them by destroying their enemies. He will not suffer the wicked always to persecute and oppress the righteous. In due time he will vindicate his own cause; will deliver the oppressed and down-trodden, and will consign their oppressors to deserved punishment. This is as true now, in regard to all the oppressed and their oppressors, as it was in the time of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 9:17

Psalms 9:17. The wicked shall be turned into hell Either, 1st, Into the grave, which is often called שׁאול , sheol, into which persons are said to be turned, or to return, because they were made of, or taken out of, the dust, Ecclesiastes 12:7; or, 2d, Into the place of eternal perdition, which also is sometimes called sheol, as Proverbs 15:24, and elsewhere. For he seems evidently to speak here of those punishments which are peculiar to the wicked, whereas the grave is common to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 9:18

Psalms 9:18. The needy shall not always be forgotten Though God, for a time, may seem to forget or neglect them, and suffer their enemies to triumph over them; The expectation of the poor Namely, of their receiving help from God, shall not perish for ever Though they may be tempted to think it shall. The vision is for an appointed time, and at the end it shall speak. He that believeth shall not make haste. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 9:1-20

Psalms 9-10 God fights for the oppressedIn Psalms 9:0 and 10 we meet another kind of Hebrew verse, the acrostic. (Other acrostics are Psalms 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119 and 145.) In an acrostic the first word of each verse (or stanza) begins with a different letter of the 22-letter Hebrew alphabet, moving in order, so to speak, ‘from A to Z’. The acrostic in this case moves unbroken through Psalms 9:0 and 10, indicating that originally they probably formed one psalm. The absence of a heading to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 9:17

wicked = wicked ones (plural) Hebrew. rasha' . App-44 . turned = returned. Compare Job 21:26 ; Job 34:15 .Psalms 104:29 . Ecclesiastes 3:20 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 . hell = the grave. Hebrew Sheol. App-35 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 9:18

the needy = a needy one. poor = oppressed. Compare Psalms 9:12 . not . Ellipsis of second negative. See note on Genesis 2:6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 9:17

"The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol,Even all the nations that forget God.For the needy shall not always be forgotten.Nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.""Wicked be turned back unto Sheol." Kidner pointed out the true meaning here as, "The wicked shall return to Sheol, not merely depart there. Death is their native element";[19] and that surely corresponds with a statement of the Apostle Paul that, "She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth." (1 Timothy 5:6)."The... read more

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