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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 9:18

Verse Psalms 9:18. The needy shall not alway be forgotten] The needy, and the poor, whose expectation is from the Lord, are never forgotten, though sometimes their deliverance is delayed for the greater confusion of their enemies, the greater manifestation of God's mercy, and the greater benefit to themselves.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 wic...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE NEEDY. a needy one. POOR. oppressed. Compare Psalms 9:12. NOT. Ellipsis of second negative. See note on Genesis 2:6....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _FOR THE NEEDY SHALL NOT ALWAY BE FORGOTTEN: THE EXPECTATION OF THE POOR SHALL NOT PERISH FOR EVER._ For the needy shall not alway be forgotten - whereas the wicked shall be put out of remembrance "f...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    9:18 meek (i-14) Plural, or 'the afflicted ones;' 'meek' and 'afflicted' are connected in Hebrew....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NEEDY] Another of the group of words referred to in the note on Psalms 9:12. POOR] The same word as in Psalms 9:12....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NOT ALWAY. — In the original the negative comes emphatically at the commencement, ruling both clauses, as in Psalms 35:19. THE EXPECTATION OF THE POOR. — The sufferer’s hope will at some time be real...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 9:19]_ כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לָ֭ נֶצַח יִשָּׁכַ֣ח...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation (i) of the poor shall [not] perish for ever. (i) God does not promise to help us before we have felt the cross....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hell; shall die, or be lost. ( Convertantur.) Literally, "Let," &c. But it may be properly explained as a prediction, or menace. (Haydock) --- "Those who are devoid of God's justice, return to the do...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This is a sweet promise for a thousand occasions, and when pleaded before the throne in his name who comprehends in himself every promise, and is indeed himself the great Promise of the Bible, it will...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    18._For the poor shall not always be forgotten. _The assertion that God will not forsake the poor and afflicted for ever, is a confirmation of the preceding sentence. By it he intimates, that they may...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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 ...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THE NEEDY SHALL NOT ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN,.... The people of God are poor and needy for the most part; they are so in things temporal, and they are poor in spirit, or in things spiritual, of which t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever. Ver. 18. _For the needy shall not always be forgotten_] Because he that shall come will come, and...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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 rece...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, though it may often seem that his misery will never be ended; THE EXPECTATION OF THE POOR SHALL NOT PERISH FOR EVER, those humbled by strokes of affliction...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A PROPHETIC VIEW OF THE VICTORY OF FAITH...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE NEEDY SHALL NOT ALWAY BE FORGOTTEN, though God for a time may seem to neglect or forget them, and suffer their enemies to triumph over them. SHALL NOT PERISH; which negative particle is fitly unde...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 9:18 needy H34 always H5331 forgotten H7911 (H8735) expectation H8615 poor H6041 (H8675) H6035 perish...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever._ GOOD CHEER FOR THE NEEDY The value of a text depends very much upon the man to whom it comes. The...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 9:15 God defends the poor by defeating their oppressors. The WICKED (vv. Psalms 9:16,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 9:18 NOT... FORGOTTEN. Compare “not forget,” v. Psalms 9:12. This is in contrast to those who forget God (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    James 2:5; Luke 1:53; Luke 6:20; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14;...

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