Psalm 31:17

New International Reader's Version

Lord, I have cried out to you. Don’t let me be put to shame. But let sinners be put to shame. Let them lie silent in the place of the dead.

Cross References

Psalm 115:17

Dead people don’t praise the Lord. Those who lie quietly in the grave don’t praise him.

Psalm 31:1

Lord, I have come to you for safety. Don’t let me ever be put to shame. Save me, because you do what is right.

Psalm 34:5

Those who look to him have joyful faces. They are never covered with shame.

Psalm 35:26

Let all those who laugh at me because I’m in trouble be ashamed and bewildered. Let all who think they are better than I am put on shame and dishonor as if they were clothes.

Psalm 35:4

Let those who are trying to kill me be brought down in dishonor. Let those who plan to destroy me be turned back in terror.

Psalm 4:7

Fill my heart with joy when the people have lots of grain and fresh wine.

Psalm 6:10

All my enemies will be covered with shame and trouble. They will turn back in shame. It will happen suddenly.

Psalm 71:24

All day long my tongue will say that you have done what is right. Those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame. They have not been honored.

Psalm 80:4

Lord God, you rule over all. How long will you be angry? Will you be angry with your people even when they pray to you?

Psalm 80:8

You brought Israel out of Egypt. Israel was like a vine. After you drove the nations out of Canaan, you planted the vine in their land.

Psalm 94:17

Suppose the Lord had not helped me. Then I would soon have been lying quietly in the grave.

Jeremiah 20:11

But you are with me like a mighty warrior. So those who are trying to harm me will trip and fall. They won’t win out over me. They will fail. They’ll be totally put to shame. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.

Daniel 12:2

Many people who lie dead in their graves will wake up. Some will rise up to life that will never end. Others will rise up to shame that will never end.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the paths of his faithful servants. But evil people will lie silent in their dark graves. “People don’t win just because they are strong.