Psalms 31:18
Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.
19Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:16And many other things did his servants speak against the Lord God, and against Ezechias his servant.
Psalms 25:3Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.
Psalms 63:11They shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.
Psalms 94:4Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
Psalms 123:3Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.
Proverbs 12:19The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.
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 →