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Psalms 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, to suffer everlasting punishment, and all the nations that forget God.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, to suffer everlasting punishment, and all the nations that forget God.
Verse Psalms 9:17. _THE WICKED SHALL BE TURNED INTO HELL_] לשאולה _lisholah,_ _headlong into hell, down into hell_. The original is very emphatic. _ALL THE NATIONS THAT FORGET GOD._] They will not l...
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...
Psalms 9 THE GODLY REMNANT. THE WICKED ONE AND HIS FOLLOWERS (9-15) _ 1. The praise of the Most High (Psalms 9:1)_ 2. Millennial deliverances and glories (Psalms 9:3) 3. Prayer for divine interven...
9 AND 10. YAHWEH THE REFUGE OF HIS PEOPLE. These two Pss., divided in MT, were originally one, This is proved by the fact that they are one in LXX. and Vulg., by the absence of title over Psalms 10, a...
WICKED. wicked ones (plural) Hebrew. _rasha'_. App-44. TURNED. returned. Compare Job 21:26; Job 34:15.Psalms 104:29; Ecclesiastes 3:
BE TURNED INTO HELL— The word rendered _hell_ in this verse, does not mean absolutely the state of the damned, but only the שׁאול _sheol,_ or state of departed souls; the _grave,_ or place of the dead...
PSALMS 9:10 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Kingship of Jehovah in Zion Finally Triumphant over a League between the Nations and the Lawless One. ANALYSIS These two psalms are bound together as originally on...
_THE WICKED SHALL BE TURNED INTO HELL, AND ALL THE NATIONS THAT FORGET GOD._ The wicked shall be turned into hell. The Hebrew for "hell" is emphatic х_ LI-SHª'OWLAAH_ (H7585), the Hebrew suffix, -aah...
Psalms 9:10 are combined in LXX, and there is certainly a real, though obscure, relationship between them. The two together form one 'acrostic,' the vv. beginning with the successive letters of the He...
BE TURNED INTO HELL] RV 'return to Sheol,' the place of the dead, not regarded specially as a place of torment. 'Return' seems strictly to apply to the body, which goes back to the dust whence it was...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE WICKED. — This is a most unfortunate rendering. The true translation is, _the wicked shall return,_ as in LXX. and Vulg. (not “be turned”) _to the grave, i.e., to dust,_ according to the doom in G...
_[Psalms 9:18]_ יָשׁ֣וּבוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים לִ שְׁאֹ֑ולָה כָּל...
Psalms 9:1 Psalms 7:1; Psalms 9:1 are connected by the recurrence of the two thoughts of God as the Judge of nations and the wicked falling into the pit which he digged. Probably the original arrangem...
CONFIDENCE IN THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE Psalms 9:1 The Chaldee version adds to the inscription, “concerning the death of the champion who went out between the camps,” referring to the death of Goliath. Thi...
The burden of this psalm is thanksgiving for Jehovah's righteous rule by which He has overcome the enemies of the chosen people. It is almost exclusively a song of thanksgiving. There are a few brief...
_Hands. Caught in the very act, so that he cannot deny the crime. Here we find in Hebrew (Calmet) higaion sela, which St. Jerome renders, "by meditation for ever." (Haydock) --- Septuagint, Symmachus,...
What a sure destruction must overtake all the enemies of God and of his Christ. In this life misery, and the evils they intend for others, falling upon themselves; and in that which is to come, everla...
17._The wicked shall be turned into hell. _Many translate the verb in the optative mood, _Let the wicked be turned into hell, _as if it were an imprecation. But, in my judgment, David here rather conf...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 9 AND 10. In Psalms 9 and 10 we enter historically on the circumstances of the remnant in the last days in the land. The great principles having been laid down ...
THE WICKED SHALL BE TURNED INTO HELL,.... Some render it, "shall return to the grave" p, to the earth, the original dust from whence they came; but this is common to all men, to the righteous as well...
The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God. Ver. 17. _The wicked shall be turned into hell_] Heb. into into hell (twice), that is, into the nethermost hell, the lowes...
_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 ta...
11-20 Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that...
INTO HELL; either 1. Into the grave which is oft called _sheol_, into which they are said to be _turned_, or _to return_, because they were made of or taken out of the dust, ECCLESIASTES 12:7. Or, 2....
Psalms 9:17 wicked H7563 turned H7725 (H8799) hell H7585 nations H1471 forget H7913 God H430 The wicked -...
‘The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God. For the needy shall not always be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.' After the pause and th...
This Psalm has a dedication which is very difficult to understand: «To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.» Either «Muthlabben» is the tune to which the Psalm was to be sung, or some...
CONTENTS: Praise for victory over enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: In the midst of all distresses, we may by faith find a refuge in God and when victory comes, we should not forget that...
Psalms 9:5. _Thou hast rebuked the heathen._ A song in ancient time was made after every victory, a sort of _Te Deum,_ to be sung in the congregation. The collection of those hallowed martial odes was...
_The wicked shall be turned into hell._ A DESCRIPTION OF THE WICKED I. The characters specified. 1. All those who wilfully violate the plain and positive precepts of God. Drinkers. Profane persons....
_Consider my trouble._ A NOTE OF TROUBLE IN A TRIUMPH PSALM The second part of the Psalm begins with Psalms 9:13. The prayer in that verse is the only trace of trouble in the Psalm. The rest is trium...
_I will praise Thee, O Lord._ PRAISE, TRUST, AND PRAYER In the Septuagint, this Psalm refers to the death of the Divine Son, and recites His victory over death, the grave, and all our foes. I. Ther...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 9:1. Psalms 9:1 together follow a basically acrostic pattern, with the first word of each line beginning with successive letters of the Hebrew alpha
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 9:15 God defends the poor by defeating their oppressors. The WICKED (vv. Psalms 9:16,...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 9:17 SHEOL. See note on 6:5. ⇐ ⇔
INTRODUCTION “A psalm of thanksgiving (Psalms 9:1) after a victory (Psalms 9:3) over the heathen wrought by Divine judgment (Psalms 9:4), expressing confidence in His constant protection of the oppres...
EXPOSITION This psalm, which, like the six preceding it, is declared by the title to be "a Psalm of David," is a song of thanksgiving for the defeat of some foreign enemy. It is the first of what are...
The ninth psalm is to the chief musician on Muthlabben. Muthlabben is the death of a son. This could have been when Bathsheba's first son died. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will...
2 Thessalonians 1:7; Hosea 2:13; Isaiah 3:11; Isaiah 5:14; Jerem
Forget — That do not regard God, nor his precepts, nor his threatenings and judgments....