17 Let me not be confounded, O Lord: for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be put to confusion, and to [a]silence in the grave.

18 Let the lying lips be made dumb, which cruelly, proudly, and spitefully speak against the righteous.

19 How great is thy goodness, which thou [b]hast laid up for them that fear thee! and done to them that trust in thee, even before the sons of men!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:17 Let death destroy them to the intent that they may hurt no more.
  2. Psalm 31:19 The treasures of God’s mercy are always laid up in store for his children, albeit at all times they do not enjoy them.

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