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16 Yahweh is known by the judgment he has carried out.
    The wicked person is trapped
        by the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah
17 Wicked people, all the nations who forget Elohim,
    will return to the grave.
18 Needy people will not always be forgotten.
    Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever.

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16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[a](A)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,(B)
    all the nations that forget God.(C)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope(D) of the afflicted(E) will never perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.