Psalm 31:17 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

¹⁷ Let me not be asham'd, O Lord, for on thee call'd I have: Let wicked men be sham'd, let them be silent in the grave.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ LORD, don’t let me be put to shame because I have cried out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silenced in death’s domain!

Psalm 31:17 Cross References

Psalm 115:17

The dead, nor who to silence go, God's praise do not record.

Psalm 31:1

In thee, O Lord, I put my trust, sham'd let me never be; According to thy righteousness do thou deliver me.

Psalm 34:5

They look'd to him, and lighten'd were: not shamed were their faces.

Psalm 35:26

Sham'd and confounded be they all that at my hurt are glad; Let those against me that do boast with shame and scorn be clad.

Psalm 35:4

Let them confounded be and sham'd that for my soul have sought: Who plot my hurt turn'd back be they, and to confusion brought.

Psalm 4:7

Upon my heart, bestow'd by thee, more gladness I have found Than they, ev'n then, when corn and wine did most with them abound.

Psalm 6:10

Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my foes, Sham'd and back turned suddenly.

Psalm 71:24

My tongue thy justice shall proclaim, continuing all day long; For they confounded are, and sham'd, that seek to do me wrong.

Psalm 80:4

O Lord of hosts, almighty God, how long shall kindled be Thy wrath against the prayer made by thine own folk to thee?

Psalm 80:8

A vine from Egypt brought thou hast, by thine outstretched hand; And thou the heathen out didst cast, to plant it in their land.

Psalm 94:17

Unless the Lord had been my help when I was sore opprest, Almost my soul had in the house of silence been at rest.