18 "...the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever." Take out the word "not," (in italics), and substitute the original Hebrew meaning "cords" for the word translated "expectation," the verse makes more sense in context to the whole Psalm: "...the needy shall not always be forgotten: the cords of the poor shall perish for ever." The world will be very different after the Lord comes.
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