Psalms 9:18

In 11 translations

BSB

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

KJV

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

WEB

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

ASV

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

LSV

For the needy is not forgotten forever, || [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.

YLT

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

DBY

For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.

DRC9:19

For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.

GNV

For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.

JPS9:19

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

LXXE9:19

For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC9:19

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לָ֭נֶצַח יִשָּׁכַ֣ח אֶבְי֑וֹן תִּקְוַ֥ת ענוים תֹּאבַ֥ד לָעַֽד׃KJV:Ps.9.18Read aloud as (qere): עֲ֝נִיִּ֗ים

LXX-Br9:19

Ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τέλος ἐπιλησθήσεται ὁ πτωχὸς, ἡ ὑπομονὴ τῶν πενήτων οὐκ ἀπολεῖται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
• Proverbs 23:18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
• James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Proverbs 24:14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
• Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
• Luke 6:20Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Psalms 102:20to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
• Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
• Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
• Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
• Psalms 71:5For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
• Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
• Psalms 72:12–14For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed. He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their…

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