Psalms Chapter 9 verse 18 Holy Bible
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
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For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
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For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
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For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
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The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
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For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - For the needy shall not alway be forgotten. The peer and needy, the oppressed and down-trodden (vers. 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 (ver. 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 shall have its accomplishment.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Not alway.--In the original the negative comes emphatically at the commencement, ruling both clauses, as in Psalm 35:19.The expectation of the poor.--The sufferer's hope will at some time be realised: the hope of being righted. In this confidence the psalmist goes on to call on Jehovah to appear as judge.