Psalms 9:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נ֤וֹדַ֨ע ׀ יְהוָה֮ מִשְׁפָּ֢ט עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בְּפֹ֣עַל כַּ֭פָּיו נוֹקֵ֣שׁ רָשָׁ֑ע הִגָּי֥וֹן סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

Yāda' YHWH, mišpāṭ he has 'āśâ; in the pō'al of his kap is nāqaš the rāšā'. Higgāyôn selâ

Grammar Details

• *yāda'*: niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he is known/has made himself known'
• *YHWH*: divine name - 'LORD'
• *mišpāṭ*: masculine singular noun - 'judgment'
• *'āśâ*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he has executed/done'
• *pō'al*: masculine singular construct - 'work of'
• *kap*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his hands'
• *nāqaš*: qal participle masculine singular - 'is snared/trapped'
• *rāšā'*: masculine singular adjective as substantive - 'the wicked'
• *higgāyôn*: masculine singular noun - 'meditation/resounding music'
• *selâ*: musical or liturgical notation - 'selah'

Word Meanings

• *yāda'*: is known/has made himself known/has revealed himself
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/legal decision
• *'āśâ*: executed/performed/accomplished
• *pō'al*: work/deed/action
• *kap*: palm/hand/power
• *nāqaš*: snared/trapped/ensnared
• *rāšā'*: wicked person/evildoer/criminal
• *higgāyôn*: meditation/resounding music/solemn sound
• *selâ*: musical notation possibly indicating pause/interlude/crescendo

Referenced Verses

• Job 8:13 : 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
• Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
• Isa 5:14 : 14 Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend [into it].
• Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
• 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: 9 who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
• Rev 20:15 : 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
• Jer 2:32 : 32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
• Jer 3:21 : 21 A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping [and] the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
• Jer 13:25 : 25 This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
• Jer 18:15 : 15 For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;
• Hos 2:13 : 13 And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith Jehovah.
• Matt 25:41-46 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
• Ps 106:13 : 13 They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
• Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
• Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
• Ps 44:17 : 17 All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
• Ps 44:20 : 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
• Ps 49:14 : 14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.