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Psa. 31:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be ρsilent in the grave.

or, cut off for

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Let me.

Psa. 31:1• ¹To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}In thee, O Jehovah, have I trusted;{HR}Let me not be ashamed forever;{HR}In thy righteousness deliver me. (Psa. 31:1)

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Psa. 25:2‑3• ²My God, in thee have I trusted;{HR}Let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
³Yea, all those who wait on thee shall not be ashamed;{HR}They shall be ashamed who deal falsely without a cause. (Psa. 25:2‑3)

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Psa. 34:5• ⁵They looked unto him and they shone;{HR}And their faces shall not be ashamed. (Psa. 34:5)

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Psa. 69:6‑7• ⁶Let not those be ashamed in me that wait on thee, Adonai Jehovah of hosts;{HR}Let not those be disgraced in me that seek thee, God of Israel.
⁷Because on account of thee I have borne reproach;{HR}Disgrace hath covered my face. (Psa. 69:6‑7)

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Isa. 50:6‑7• ⁶I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
⁷But the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. (Isa. 50:6‑7)

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Joel 2:26‑27• ²⁶And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of Jehovah your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
²⁷And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, Jehovah, am your God, and there is none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. (Joel 2:26‑27)

wicked.

Psa. 6:10• ¹⁰All mine enemies shall be greatly ashamed and terrified;{HR}They shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly. (Psa. 6:10)

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Psa. 35:4,26• ⁴They shall be ashamed and put to shame who seek after my soul;{HR}They shall be driven backward and confounded who devise my hurt.
²⁶They shall be ashamed and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt;{HR}They shall be clothed with shame and reproach who magnify themselves against me. (Psa. 35:4,26)

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Psa. 40:14‑15• ¹⁴They shall be ashamed and confounded together that seek my soul to destroy it;{HR}Driven back and disgraced shall they be that wish my hurt.
¹⁵They shall be desolate as a reward for their shame{HR}That say to me, Aha, aha. (Psa. 40:14‑15)

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Psa. 70:2‑3• ²Ashamed and confounded be those that seek after my soul,{HR}Driven back and brought to dishonour be those that delight in evil to me.
³Turned back for a reward of their shame be those that say, Aha, Aha! (Psa. 70:2‑3)

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Psa. 71:24• ²⁴My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day;{HR}For they shall be ashamed,{HR}For they shall be confounded,{HR}That seek evil to me. (Psa. 71:24)

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Psa. 83:16‑17• ¹⁶Fill their faces with shame,{HR}That [and] they will seek thy name, O Jehovah.
¹⁷They shall be ashamed and dismayed forever,{HR}And they shall be confounded and perish. (Psa. 83:16‑17)

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Isa. 41:11‑12• ¹¹Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
¹²Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them,—them that contend with thee. They that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. (Isa. 41:11‑12)

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Isa. 45:16‑17• ¹⁶They shall be ashamed, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together [that are] makers of idols.
¹⁷[But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded unto the ages of ages. (Isa. 45:16‑17)

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Isa. 65:13‑14• ¹³Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed;
¹⁴behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. (Isa. 65:13‑14)

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Jer. 20:11• ¹¹But Jehovah is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. (Jer. 20:11)

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Dan. 12:2• ²And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake—some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (Dan. 12:2)

them.

Psa. 115:17• ¹⁷The dead praise not Jah,{HR}Nor any going down in silence. (Psa. 115:17)

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1 Sam. 2:9• ⁹He will keep the feet of his saints,{HR}And the wicked shall be silent in darkness;{HR}For by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)

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Matt. 22:12‑13• ¹²and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in here not having a marriage-garment? But he was speechless.
¹³Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 22:12‑13)

silent in the grave.

or, cut off for the grave.

• In the latter part of the psalm the remnant bless the Lord for His marvelous goodness and kindness (vs. 17-24). (“Book 1.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. 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.

W. Kelly Translation

aO Jehovah, I shall not be ashamed, for I have called on thee;{HR}The wicked shall be ashamed, they shall be silent in Sheol.

WK Translation Notes

Or, Hades.