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Psalm 31:17–18

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17Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you.aj

Let the wicked be disgraced;

let them be quietEF in Sheol.ak

18Let lying lipsal

that arrogantly speak against the righteous

in proud contempt be silenced.am

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Footnotes

  1. E reads brought down
  2. FOr them wail

Cross references

  1. ajPs 25:2–3,20
  2. akPs 94:17; 115:17
  3. alPs 120:2
  4. am1Sm 2:3; Ps 94:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish 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.

Let the lying lips be mute,

which speak insolently against the righteous

in pride and contempt.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Let me not be put to shame, Lord,

for I have cried out to you;

but let the wicked be put to shame

and be silent in the realm of the dead.

Let their lying lips be silenced,

for with pride and contempt

they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

NLTNew 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.

Silence their lying lips—

those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.

LEBThe 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.

Let lying lips be dumb,

that speak against the righteous unrestrained

with arrogance and contempt.

KJV 1900King 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.

Let the lying lips be put to silence;

Which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.