Psalms 119:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

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About this Translation

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Formal EquivalenceBest for: Liturgical reading in traditional settings

🎯 Translation Approach

A formal, word-for-word oriented translation produced by committee in Early Modern English, emphasizing dignified, literary style and consistency with original-language forms.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Early Modern English register: Uses archaic pronouns and verb endings (thee, thou, -eth, -est) and classical syntax.
Supplied-words italics: Words added for English clarity are often italicized to signal they are not directly in the source text.
Textual basis: Primarily translated from the Masoretic Hebrew Text (OT) and the Textus Receptus Greek (NT), reflecting the scholarship of its time.
Literary influence: Profound impact on English literature, rhetoric, and idiom for over four centuries.
Public domain status: Generally available for unrestricted use and distribution (with some exceptions in the UK Crown copyright context).

✅ Strengths

Literary beauty and poetic cadence
Historical and cultural influence
Consistency of phrasing helpful for memorization
Formal translation approach preserves structure
Widely used in traditional liturgy

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic vocabulary and syntax can hinder comprehension
Textual base (Masoretic Text and Textus Receptus) differs from many modern critical editions
Obsolete pronouns and verb endings (thee, thou, -eth, -est)
Non-contemporary idioms may obscure meaning for modern readers
Limited gender-inclusive language

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Readers who prefer traditional, poetic language
Liturgical traditions that use the KJV
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Consider alternatives for

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:4 : 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.
Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Deut 11:22 : 22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Ps 25:2 : 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Ps 25:20 : 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Ps 119:6 : 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Ps 119:48 : 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Ps 119:80 : 80 ¶ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Ps 119:115 : 115 ¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Isa 45:17 : 17 [But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Jer 17:18 : 18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
John 8:31 : 31 ¶ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, ‹If ye continue in my word,› [then] ‹are ye my disciples indeed;›
Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
1 John 2:28 : 28 ¶ And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:46
80%
46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Ps 119:22
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22 ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Ps 119:5-6
2 verses
79%
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Ps 119:116-117
2 verses
78%
116 ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:78-80
3 verses
78%
78 ¶ Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80 ¶ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Ps 31:1
77%
1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:146
75%
146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Ps 119:30
75%
30 ¶ I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before me].
Ps 119:8
75%
8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
Ps 71:1
75%
1 ¶ In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
Ps 119:10-11
2 verses
75%
10 ¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 ¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Ps 119:42-43
2 verses
74%
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43 ¶ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
Ps 25:20
74%
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Ps 119:167-168
2 verses
74%
167 ¶ My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are] before thee.
Ps 119:33-34
2 verses
73%
33 ¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
Ps 119:157
73%
157 ¶ Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Ps 119:129
73%
129 ¶ PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 31:17
73%
17 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.
Ps 25:2
73%
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Ps 119:51
73%
51 ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.
Ps 119:110-111
2 verses
72%
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 ¶ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.
Ps 119:36
72%
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Ps 119:38-40
3 verses
72%
38 ¶ Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.
39 ¶ Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.
40 ¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:119
72%
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 119:101-102
2 verses
72%
101 ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Ps 119:59
72%
59 ¶ I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Ps 26:1
72%
1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.
Ps 119:69
72%
69 ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
Ps 119:159
72%
159 ¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:141
71%
141 ¶ I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.
Ps 119:88
71%
88 ¶ Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Ps 119:125
71%
125 I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
Ps 40:11
71%
11 ¶ Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Ps 119:94
71%
94 ¶ I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:173
71%
173 ¶ Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Ps 119:66-67
2 verses
71%
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67 ¶ Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
2 Sam 22:22
71%
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.