Psalms 31:17
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
KJV
Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
ASV
הָאִ֣ירָ/ה פָ֭נֶי/ךָ עַל עַבְדֶּ֑/ךָ ה֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣/נִי בְ/חַסְדֶּֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.
YLT
Let me not be disappointed, LORD, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הָאִ֣יר
h'yr
verb · 42×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- Dan 12:2 — And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Gen 2:25 — And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
- Isa 41:11 — Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
- Isa 45:16 — They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
- Jer 20:11 — But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confu
- Ps 25:2 — O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- Ps 25:3 — Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
- Ps 31:22 — For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
- Ps 34:5 — They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
- Ps 35:4 — Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- Ps 35:4 — Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- Ps 35:26 — Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
- Ps 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Ps 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Ps 69:6 — Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
- Ps 70:2 — Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
- Ps 71:24 — My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
- Ps 94:17 — Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
- Ps 94:17 — Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
- Ps 115:17 — The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
- Ps 115:17 — The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.