Psalms 31:17

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.

18Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, because no man shall prevail by his own strength.

Psalms 6:10The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.

Psalms 31:1Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy.

Psalms 35:4Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise against me.

Psalms 40:14Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me.

Psalms 70:2O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:10-19

Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken… Read the whole commentary →

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