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Psalm 31:16-18
New English Translation
Psalm 31:16-18
New English Translation
16 Smile[a] on your servant.
Deliver me because of your faithfulness.
17 O Lord, do not let me be humiliated,
for I call out to you.
May evil men be humiliated.
May they go wailing to the grave.[b]
18 May lying lips be silenced—
lips[c] that speak defiantly against the innocent[d]
with arrogance and contempt.
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:16 tn Heb “cause your face to shine.”
- Psalm 31:17 tn The verb יִדְּמוּ (yiddemu) is understood as a form of דָּמַם (damam, “wail, lament”). Another option is to take the verb from דָּמַם (“be quiet”; see BDB 198-99 s.v. I דָּמַם), in which case one might translate, “May they lie silent in the grave.”
- Psalm 31:18 tn Heb “the [ones which].”
- Psalm 31:18 tn Or “godly.”
Psalm 31:16-18
New International Version
Psalm 31:16-18
New International Version
16 Let your face shine(A) on your servant;
save me in your unfailing love.(B)
17 Let me not be put to shame,(C) Lord,
for I have cried out to you;
but let the wicked be put to shame
and be silent(D) in the realm of the dead.
18 Let their lying lips(E) be silenced,
for with pride and contempt
they speak arrogantly(F) against the righteous.
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