Psalm 9:17

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Summary

Psalm 9:17

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

The wicked

Forget

General references

Psalm 37:38

Bible References

The wicked

The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,
For

what he deserves will be done to him.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure;
And Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well

when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,

And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Forget

All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You,
And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

They quickly forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,

“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,

“Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
Or a bride her attire?
Yet My people have forgotten Me
Days without number.

A voice is heard on the bare heights,
The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;
Because they have perverted their way,
They have forgotten the Lord their God.

“This is your lot, the portion measured to you
From Me,” declares the Lord,
“Because you have forgotten Me
And trusted in falsehood.

‘For My people have forgotten Me,

They burn incense to worthless gods

And they have stumbled from their ways,

From the ancient paths,

To walk in bypaths,
Not on a highway,

“I will punish her for the days of the Baals
When she used to

offer sacrifices to them

And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

General references

But transgressors will be altogether destroyed;
The posterity of the wicked will be cut off.