Psalm 9:17

Translations

Modern

The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

Traditional

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Literal

…the wicked shall return to Sheol—all the nations forgetting God.

Latin

Convertantur peccatores in infernum, omnes gentes quæ obliviscuntur Deum.

Original

Hebrew

English

The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

Notes

Psalms 9:1–10:18

This hymn celebrates the Lord's rule and triumph over evil. It may also respond to the laments in Psalms 3–7.

Some believe that Psalms 9 and 10 should be read together as one psalm in two parts. This is because Psalm 9 has a title, while Psalm 10 does not.

Despite some missing or inverted letters, the two psalms form an acrostic of the Hebrew alphabet. This means that each line or section begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Other alphabetic acrostics include Psalms 25, 34, 37, 111–112, 119, and 145.

The ancient Greek and Latin translations treat Psalms 9 and 10 as one psalm.

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Related verses

Psalm 50:22
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
Romans 2:8–9
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
2 Thessalonians 1:7–9
…and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
Job 8:13
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
Revelation 20:15
And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Jeremiah 18:15
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
Jeremiah 2:32
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Jeremiah 13:25
This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Isaiah 5:14
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

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Eternal Death: The Way To, Described Forgetting God: Punishment of Forgetting God: Threatened Godlessness: General Scriptures Concerning Hell in the RV the Word |Sheol| Itself Occurs in the Following Scriptures Hell: The Future Home of the Wicked Hell: The Wicked Shall be Turned Into Nation: Perish The Punishment of the Wicked: Future Described as Hell Wicked (People): Punishment of

Psalm 9:17

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