Text -- Psalms 9:18 (NET)

9:18 for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 9:18

¹ tn Or “forgotten.”

² tn Heb “the hope of the afflicted does [not] perish forever.” The negative particle is understood by ellipsis; note the preceding line. The imperfect verbal forms express what typically happens.