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Psalm 9:18
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KJ21
For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
ASV
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
AMP
For the poor will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever.
AMPC
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation and hope of the meek and the poor shall not perish forever.
BRG
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
CSB
For the needy will not always be forgotten; the hope of the oppressed will not perish forever.
CSBA
For the needy will not always be forgotten; the hope of the oppressed will not perish for ever.
CEB
Because the poor won’t be forgotten forever, the hope of those who suffer won’t be lost for all time.
CJB
The wicked will return to Sh’ol, all the nations that forget God.
CEV
The poor and the homeless won't always be forgotten and without hope.
DARBY
For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
DRA
The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.
ERV
It may seem that those who are poor and needy have been forgotten, but God will not forget them. He will not leave them without hope.
EASY
Know this: God will not forget the poor for ever. People who suffer should continue to hope.
EHV
But he will never forget the needy. The hope of the afflicted will never perish.
ESV
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
ESVUK
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
EXB
But those who ·have troubles [are afflicted] will not always be forgotten. The hopes of the ·poor [oppressed; exploited] will never ·die [perish].
GNV
For the poor shall not be always forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish forever.
GW
Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever.
GNT
The needy will not always be neglected; the hope of the poor will not be crushed forever.
HCSB
For the oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.
ICB
Those who have troubles will not be forgotten. The hopes of the poor will not die.
ISV
For he will not always overlook the plight of the poor, nor will the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
JUB
For the humble shall not always be forgotten: the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
KJV
For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
AKJV
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
LSB
For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
LEB
for the needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.
TLB
For the needs of the needy shall not be ignored forever; the hopes of the poor shall not always be crushed.
MSG
The wicked bought a one-way ticket to hell. No longer will the poor be nameless— no more humiliation for the humble. Up, God! Aren’t you fed up with their empty strutting? Expose these grand pretensions! Shake them up, God! Show them how silly they look.
MEV
For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor will the hope of the poor perish forever.
NOG
Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever.
NABRE
To Sheol the wicked will depart, all the nations that forget God.
NASB
For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
NASB1995
For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
NCB
The wicked will depart into the netherworld, all the nations that turned away from God.
NCV
But those who have troubles will not be forgotten. The hopes of the poor will never die.
NET
for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.
NIRV
But God will never forget needy people. The hope of those who are hurting will never die.
NIV
But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
NIVUK
But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
NKJV
For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
NLV
But those in need will not always be forgotten. The hope of the poor will not be lost forever.
NLT
But the needy will not be ignored forever; the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.
NRSVA
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish for ever.
NRSVACE
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish for ever.
NRSVCE
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
NRSVUE
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
OJB
For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the tikveh of the poor shall not perish forever.
RGT
For the poor shall not be always forgotten. The hope of the afflicted shall not perish forever.
RSV
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
RSVCE
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
TLV
The wicked will turn to Sheol, as will all the nations that forget God.
VOICE
For those in need shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor will never die.
WEB
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
WYC
For the forgetting of a poor man shall not be into the end; the patience of poor men shall not perish into the end. (But the poor shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not always be unfulfilled.)
YLT
For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
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