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Psalms 31:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 31:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 31:176 words
HebrewMeaning
הָאִ֣ירָ/הhāʾiyrāh
make shine !verbH215
break of day · kindle · (be · en- ···
פָ֭נֶי/ךָpāneykā
face yournounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עַבְדֶּ֑/ךָʿabədekā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
ה֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣/נִיhwōšiyʿēniy
save meverbH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
בְ/חַסְדֶּֽ/ךָbəḥasədekā
in covenant loyalty yourpronH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 31:17

To the end, a psalm of David himself, an ecstasy. 1. To the end a Psalm of David Himself, the Mediator strong of hand in persecutions. For the word ecstasy, which is added to the title, signifies a transport of the mind, which is produced either by a panic, or by some revelation. But in this Psalm the panic of the people of God troubled by the persecution of all the heathen, and by the failing of faith throughout the world, is principally seen. But first the Mediator Himself…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 31
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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