Psalms 31:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָאִ֣ירָה פָ֭נֶיךָ עַל־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ ה֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי בְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Hāʾîrâ pānêkā upon-ʿabdekā; hôšîʿēnî in-ḥasdekā

Grammar Details

• *Hāʾîrâ*: verb, imperative masculine singular - cause to shine
• *pānêkā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
• *ʿabdekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
• *hôšîʿēnî*: verb, imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - save me
• *ḥasdekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition beth - in your lovingkindness

Word Meanings

• *Hāʾîrâ*: cause to shine/illuminate/make light
• *pānêkā*: your face/presence/favor
• *ʿabdekā*: your servant/slave
• *hôšîʿēnî*: save me/deliver me/help me
• *ḥasdekā*: your lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy

Referenced Verses

• Ps 25:2-3 : 2 O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
• Ps 115:17 : 17 The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;
• Isa 41:11-12 : 11 Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
• Ps 40:14-15 : 14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. 15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
• Ps 69:6-7 : 6 Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
• Ps 71:24 : 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.
• Ps 94:17 : 17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
• Ps 70:2-3 : 2 Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. 3 Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
• Ps 34:5 : 5 They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.
• Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
• Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
• Isa 45:16-17 : 16 They shall be put to shame, 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 put to shame nor confounded world without end.
• Jer 20:11 : 11 But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
• Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Joel 2:26-27 : 26 And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of Jehovah your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be put to shame. 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God, and there is none else; and my people shall never be put to shame.
• Matt 22:12-13 : 12 and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding- garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
• Isa 50:6-7 : 6 I 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. 7 For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
• Isa 65:13-14 : 13 Therefore 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 put to shame; 14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
• Ps 6:10 : 10 All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.
• Ps 31:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness.
• Ps 83:16-17 : 16 Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah. 17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;