for the needy are not permanently ignored, ¹  the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed. ² 

biblegateway Psa 9:18

For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

For the oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.

Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever.

biblegateway Psa 9:18

But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

bibleoremus Psa 9:18

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

But the poor will not always be unheeded, nor the hope of the destitute be always vain.

biblegateway Psa 9:18

For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.

biblegateway Psa 9:18

for the needy are not permanently ignored, ¹  the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed. ² 

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.