Psalms 9:18 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 9:18

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

19 verses on the floor

Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Psalms 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Proverbs 24:14
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Psalms 102:17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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God will not only remember them, at last, but will make it to appear that he never did forget them; it is impossible he should, though a woman may forget her sucking child. He concludes with prayer that God would humble the pride, break the power, and blast the projects, of all the wicked enemies of his church: " Arise, O Lord! (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 9:18JAS 2:5 MAT 5:3
PSA 9:18PRO 23:18 HEB 10:35
PSA 9:18PSA 12:5 PSA 34:6
PSA 9:18PRO 23:18 JER 29:11
PSA 9:18JAS 2:5 LUK 6:20
PSA 9:18PSA 12:5 PRO 14:31
PSA 9:18JAS 2:5 2CO 8:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 9:18PSA 12:5 JAS 5:4

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