Psalms 31:17

Amplified Bible

Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call on You; Let the wicked (godless) be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Don't let me be disgraced, O Lord , for I call out to you for help. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them lie silent in the grave.

English Revised Version
Let me not he ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

Update Bible Version
Let me not be put to shame, O Yahweh; for I have called on you: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

New Century Version
Lord , I called to you, so do not let me be disgraced. Let the wicked be disgraced and lie silent in the grave.

New English Translation
O Lord , do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Let me not be put to shame, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in Sheol.

English Standard Version
O Lord , let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
be Y not schent, for Y inwardli clepide thee. Unpitouse men be aschamed, and be led forth in to helle;

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
I pray only to you. Don't disappoint me. Disappoint my cruel enemies until they lie silent in their graves.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

Complete Jewish Bible
Make your face shine on your servant; in your grace, save me.

Darby Translation
Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , I am praying to you. Don't let me be disappointed. The wicked are the ones who should be disappointed. Let them go to the grave in silence.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; save me in Thy lovingkindness.

King James Version (1611)
Let mee not be ashamed, O Lord, for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the graue.

New Life Bible
Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord. For I call to You. Let the sinful be put to shame. Let them be quiet in the grave.

New Revised Standard
Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord , for I call on you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Let me not be confounded, O Lorde: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and to silence in the graue.

George Lamsa Translation
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.

Good News Translation
I call to you, Lord ; don't let me be disgraced. May the wicked be disgraced; may they go silently down to the world of the dead.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
O Yahweh! let me not be ashamed, For I have called upon thee, Let the lawless ha ashamed, go down in silence to hades!

Douay-Rheims Bible
(30-18) Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell.

Revised Standard Version
Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call on thee; let the wicked be put to shame, let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let me not be confounded O God, for I haue called vpon thee: let the vngodlye be put to confusion, and be put to scilence in the graue.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you.Let the wicked be disgraced;let them be quiet in Sheol.

Hebrew Names Version
Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in She'ol.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call on you. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them go silently to Sheol.

Literal Translation
Let me not be ashamed, O Jehovah; for I have called upon You; let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silent in Sheol.

Young's Literal Translation
O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My tyme is in thy honde: delyuer me from the honde of myne enemies, & from them yt persecute me.

New American Standard Bible
Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

New King James Version
Do not let me be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon You; Let the wicked be ashamed; Let them be silent in the grave.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let me not be put to shame, O Lord , for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

Legacy Standard Bible
O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon You;Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

Contextual Overview

⁹Be gracious and compassionate to me, O LORD, for I am in trouble; My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also. ¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my iniquity, And even my body has wasted away. ¹¹Because of all my enemies I have become a reproach and disgrace, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me on the street run from me. ¹²I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. ¹³For I have heard the slander and whispering of many, Terror is on every side; While they schemed together against me, They plotted to take away my life. ¹⁴But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O LORD; I said, "You are my God." ¹⁵My times are in Your hands; Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue and persecute me. ¹⁶Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your lovingkindness. ¹⁷Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call on You; Let the wicked (godless) be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).¹⁸Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous With pride and contempt.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Let me: Psalms 31:1, Psalms 25:2, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 34:5, Psalms 69:6, Psalms 69:7, Isaiah 50:6, Isaiah 50:7, Joel 2:26, Joel 2:27

wicked: Psalms 6:10, Psalms 35:4, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 40:15, Psalms 70:2, Psalms 70:3, Psalms 71:24, Psalms 83:16, Psalms 83:17, Isaiah 41:11, Isaiah 41:12, Isaiah 45:16, Isaiah 45:17, Isaiah 65:13, Isaiah 65:14, Jeremiah 20:11, Daniel 12:2

them: Psalms 115:17, 1 Samuel 2:9, Matthew 22:12, Matthew 22:13

silent in the grave: or, cut off for the grave

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:25 - ashamed Psalms 31:22 - I am Psalms 94:17 - dwelt Isaiah 47:5 - silent

Cross-References

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels, and set out, taking some of his master's good things with him; so he got up and journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers], to the city of Nahor [the home of Abraham's brother].

Genesis 24:61
Then Rebekah and her attendants stood, and they mounted camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

1 Samuel 30:17
Then David [and his men] struck them down [in battle] from twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode camels and fled.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let me not be ashamed, O Lord,.... The same petition as in

Psalms 31:1;

for I have called upon thee; who is nigh unto all that call upon him in truth, and is rich unto them, and has promised to help and save them; which should he not do, not only he would be made ashamed, but the promise of God would seem to fail: for the psalmist does not plead any duty of his, nor make a merit of his prayers; but has respect to the promise and faithfulness of God;

let the wicked be ashamed; as they will be, sooner or later, of their wickedness, and of their false trust and confidence; of their being incensed against Christ, and their rage against his people, and persecution of them;

[and] let them be silent in the grave; as all are that are there; and the sense is, let them be brought to the grave, where they will be silent, or cease f; that is, from their evil words and works, and particularly from troubling the saints, Job 3:17.

f "Verbum est" דמם "quod significat cessare ab aliquo opere, vel sermone", Psal. iv. 5. Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let me not be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon thee - That is, I have reposed entire confidence in thee, and in thy promises, in the time of trial; let now the result be such as to show that I had reason thus to trust in thee; that thy character is such that the persecuted and the afflicted may always find thee to be a safe and secure refuge. In other words, Let me not be disappointed, and thus be made “ashamed” before men, as if I had put my trust where no relief was to be found, or where there was nothing to authorize an act of unreserved confidence. See the notes at Psalms 25:2-3.

Let the wicked be ashamed - Let them be disappointed in that on which they had put their trust; let it be seen that they, in their wicked plans, had no safe ground of confidence. They rely on their strength; their skill; their courage; their resources; and not on God. Let it now be seen that these things constitute no safe ground of trust, and let not others be encouraged to follow their example by any success that shall attend them in their designs.

And let them be silent in the grave - Margin, “let them be cut off for the grave.” Hebrew: “for Sheol.” The more correct translation is that which is in the text, “Let them be silent.” That is, let them go down to the grave - to “Sheol” - to the “underworld” - to the “land of silence.” On the meaning of the word used here - “Sheol,” the grave - see the notes at Isaiah 14:9; compare the notes at Job 10:21-22; and the notes at Psalms 16:10. This is represented as a land of “silence.” This idea is derived from “the grave,” where the dead repose in silence; and the meaning here is, let them be cut off and consigned to that land of silence. It is a prayer that the wicked may not triumph.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 31:17. Let the wicked be ashamed — Those who traduce my character and lay snares for my life; let them be confounded.