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17 [a]The Lord is revealed in making judgments:
    by the deeds they do the wicked are trapped.(A)
Higgaion. Selah

VII

18 To Sheol the wicked will depart,
    all the nations that forget God.
19 For the needy will never be forgotten,
    nor will the hope of the afflicted ever fade.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:17 The Lord is revealed in making judgments: God has so made the universe that the wicked are punished by the very actions they perform. Selah: see note on Ps 3:3.

17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,(A)
    all the nations that forget God.(B)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope(C) of the afflicted(D) will never perish.

19 Arise,(E) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;(F)
    let the nations be judged(G) in your presence.

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