Psalms 31:17
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
Psalms 6:10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
Psalms 31:1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
Psalms 70:2May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
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 →