Psalm 9:18
Verse 18 of 20. The 9th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
14That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Psalm 9:18 in the World English Bible
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.Read Psalm 9:18 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 9:18
David encourages the people of God to wait for his salvation, though it should be long deferred, v. 18. The needy may think themselves, and others may think them, forgotten for a while, and their expectation of help from God may seem to have perished and to have been for ever frustrated. But he that believes does not make haste; the vision is for an appointed time, and at the end it shall speak.
Read Matthew Henry on Psalm 9:11–20: A Call to Praise God; Certain Ruin of the Wicked.
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