Psalms 31:17
Put me not, O Lord, to shame, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame silent in Sheol.
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16Make your face to shine on your servant, save me in your love.
18Strike the false lips dumb, that speak proudly against the righteous with haughtiness and contempt.
Cross References
Psalms 6:10My foes will be stricken with terror, brought to shame and dismay in a moment.
Psalms 31:1In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. Rescue me in your faithfulness;
Psalms 35:4Dishonor and shame be on those who are seeking my life! Defeat and confusion on those who are planning my hurt!
Psalms 40:14May those who are seeking my life be ashamed and confounded together; may those who delight in my hurt be defeated and brought to dishonor.
Psalms 70:2May those who are seeking my life, be ashamed and confounded.
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 →