Psalms

Psalm 31:17

¹⁷O LORD, let me not be ashamed,

for I have called on You.

Let the wicked be put to shame;

let them lie silent in Sheol.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O LORD	יְֽהוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
let me not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
be ashamed	אֵ֭בוֹשָׁה	’ê·ḇō·wō·šāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H954 be ashamed
for	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I have called on You	קְרָאתִ֑יךָ	qə·rā·ṯî·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Let the wicked	רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
be put to shame	יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ	yê·ḇō·šū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H954 be ashamed
let them lie silent	יִדְּמ֥וּ	yid·də·mū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1826 be or grow dumb, silent, still
in Sheol	לִשְׁאֽוֹל׃	liš·’ō·wl	Preposition-l; Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.