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Douay-Rheims Bible

Psalms 25:3

(24-3) Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prayer;   Waiting;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Waiting upon God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hope;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Shame;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
No one who waits for youwill be disgraced;those who act treacherously without causewill be disgraced.
Hebrew Names Version
Yes, no one who waits for you shall be put to shame. They shall be put to shame who deal treacherously without cause.
King James Version
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
English Standard Version
Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
New Century Version
No one who trusts you will be disgraced, but those who sin without excuse will be disgraced.
New English Translation
Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.
Amplified Bible
Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed; Those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embarrassed).
New American Standard Bible
Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
World English Bible
Yes, no one who waits for you shall be put to shame. They shall be put to shame who deal treacherously without cause.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So all that hope in thee, shall not be ashamed: but let them be confounded, that transgresse without cause.
Legacy Standard Bible
Indeed, let none who hope in You be ashamed;Let those who deal treacherously without cause be ashamed.
Berean Standard Bible
Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
Contemporary English Version
Don't disappoint any of your worshipers, but disappoint all deceitful liars.
Complete Jewish Bible
No one waiting for you will be disgraced; disgrace awaits those who break faith for no reason.
Darby Translation
Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.
Easy-to-Read Version
No one who trusts in you will be disappointed. But disappointment will come to those who try to deceive others. They will get nothing.
George Lamsa Translation
Yea, let none that trust in thee be ashamed; let the wicked be ashamed with their vanity.
Good News Translation
Defeat does not come to those who trust in you, but to those who are quick to rebel against you.
Lexham English Bible
Indeed, none who wait for you should be put to shame. Those who betray without cause should be put to shame.
Literal Translation
Yea, let no one who waits on You be ashamed; let those who vainly sin be ashamed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For all they yt hope in ye shal not be ashamed: but soch as be scornefull despysers wt out a cause. they shall be put to cofucio.
American Standard Version
Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
Bible in Basic English
Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yea, none that wait for Thee shall be ashamed; they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.
King James Version (1611)
Yea let none that waite on thee, be ashamed: let them bee ashamed which transgresse without cause.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea, let not all them that hope in thee be put to shame: let them be put to shame who without a cause do trayterously transgresse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For none of them that wait on thee shall in any wise be ashamed: let them be ashamed that transgress without cause.
English Revised Version
Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nethir myn enemyes scorne me; for alle men that suffren thee schulen not be schent.
Update Bible Version
Yes, none that wait for you shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
Webster's Bible Translation
Also, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed who transgress without cause.
New King James Version
Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed; Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.
New Living Translation
No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced, but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others.
New Life Bible
Yes, let no one who hopes in You be put to shame. But put to shame those who hurt others without a reason.
New Revised Standard
Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea let, none who wait for thee, be put to shame, Let them be put to shame who act covertly without cause!
Revised Standard Version
Yea, let none that wait for thee be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
Young's Literal Translation
Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.
THE MESSAGE
I've thrown in my lot with you; You won't embarrass me, will you? Or let my enemies get the best of me? Don't embarrass any of us Who went out on a limb for you. It's the traitors who should be humiliated.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.

Contextual Overview

1 (24-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David.> To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 2 (24-2) In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed. 3 (24-3) Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded. 4 (24-4) Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths. 5 (24-5) Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long. 6 (24-6) Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world. 7 (24-7) The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wait: Psalms 27:14, Psalms 33:20, Psalms 37:34, Psalms 40:1-3, Psalms 62:1, Psalms 62:5, Psalms 123:2, Genesis 49:13, Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:25, Micah 7:7, Romans 8:25

be ashamed: Psalms 69:6

let: Psalms 6:10, Psalms 31:17, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 40:15, Psalms 70:2, Psalms 70:3, Psalms 71:13, Psalms 132:18, Jeremiah 20:11

without: Psalms 7:4, Psalms 7:5, Psalms 59:2-5, Psalms 69:4, Psalms 109:3, Psalms 119:78, John 15:25

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:25 - ashamed 1 Samuel 19:5 - without a cause Job 9:17 - without cause Psalms 22:5 - and were Psalms 35:7 - without Psalms 119:80 - that I be Isaiah 33:2 - be thou Isaiah 45:17 - ye shall not Isaiah 49:23 - for they Isaiah 52:4 - without Jeremiah 14:22 - wait Jeremiah 17:18 - but let not me be confounded Joel 2:26 - and my Matthew 5:22 - without Romans 9:33 - and whosoever Galatians 5:5 - wait

Cross-References

2 Samuel 2:9
And made him king over Galaad, and over Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
1 Kings 10:1
And the queen of Saba having heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to try him with hard questions.
Job 6:19
Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while.
Psalms 72:10
(71-10) The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:
Jeremiah 25:23
And Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and all that have their hair cut round.
Jeremiah 49:8
Flee and turn your backs, go down into the deep hole, ye inhabitants of Dedan: for I have brought the destruction of Esau upon him, the time of his visitation.
Ezekiel 25:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: I will stretch forth my hand upon Edom, and will take away out of it man and beast, and will make it desolate from the south: and they that are in Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Ezekiel 27:6
They have cut thy oars out of the oaks of Basan: and they have made thee benches of Indian ivory and cabins with things brought from the islands of Italy.
Ezekiel 27:20
The men of Dedan were thy merchants in tapestry for seats.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed,.... David not only prays for himself, but for other saints, as it becomes the people of God to do; for them they waited on the Lord in public worship, attended his house and ordinances, and waited on him for the discoveries of his love, the enjoyment of his voracious presence, and were looking for his salvation, for the Messiah; for those the psalmist prays, that they might not be ashamed of their expectation and hope, by the delay of those things, or the denial them;

let them be ashamed which transgress without cause; or "act treacherously without cause" w; as David's subjects did, who were risen up in rebellion against him, and acted the perfidious part, contrary to their allegiance, and without any just reason, they not being ruled with rigour, and oppressed; but were guided and governed by him according to the laws of God, in the integrity of his heart, and by the skilfulness of his hands; he being a king that reigned in righteousness, and a prince that decreed judgment: and such are those who are now risen up against our rightful sovereign King George x, a parcel of perfidious treacherous wretches; some of them who were in the last rebellion, and obtained his father's pardon; others that have partook yearly of his royal bounty, for the instruction of their children; and all have enjoyed the blessings of his mild and gentle government; and therefore are without cause his enemies: and for such we should pray, as David did for his enemies, that they might be ashamed; that they may fail in their attempts and designs, and be brought to deserved punishment; see Psalms 7:4; or "let transgressors be ashamed", and be empty y; in a state of emptiness and want; lose their wealth, honour, and credit.

w הבוגדים "qui perfide agunt", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis so Amama & Ainsworth. x This was written December 2, 1745. y ריקם "in statu vacuitatis ac egestatis", Gussetius, p. 790.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed - To “wait on the Lord” is an expression denoting true piety, as indicating our dependence on him, and as implying that we look to Him for the command that is to regulate our conduct and for the grace needful to protect and save us. Compare Isaiah 40:31. See also Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 30:18; Psalms 40:1; Psalms 69:3. This petition is indicative of the wish of the pious heart that none who profess to serve God may ever be put to shame; that they may never be overcome by sin; that they may never fall under the power of temptation; that they may not fail of eternal salvation.

Let them be ashamed which transgress without cause - This does not imply that any sinners transgress otherwise than without cause, or that they have any good reason for sinning; but it brings into view a prominent thought in regard to sin, that it is without cause. If the wicked had any good reason for their course of life - if they were compelled to do wrong - if the temptations under which they act were so powerful that they could not resist them - if they were not voluntary in their transgressions - then true benevolence would demand of us the prayer that they might not be confounded or put to shame. However, since none of these circumstances occur in the case of the sinner, there is no lack of benevolence in praying that all the workers of evil may be put to confusion; that is, that they may not triumph in an evil course, but that their plans may be defeated, and that they may be arrested in their career. There is no benevolence in desiring the triumph of wickedness; there is no lack of benevolence in praying that all the plans of wicked men may be confounded, and all the purposes of evil be frustrated. True benevolence requires us to pray that all their plans may be arrested, and that the sinner may not be successful in his career. A person may be certain that he is acting out the principles of benevolence when he endeavors to prevent the consummation of the plans and the desires of the wicked.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 25:3. Let none that wait on thee be ashamed — Though he had burden enough of his own, he felt for others in similar circumstances, and became an intercessor in their behalf.

Transgress without cause. — Perhaps בוגדים bogedim may here mean idolatrous persons. "Let not them that wait upon and worship thee be ashamed: but they shall be ashamed who vainly worship, or trust in false gods." See Malachi 2:11-16. The Chaldeans have evil entreated us, and oppressed us: they trust in their idols, let them see the vanity of their idolatry.


 
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