Psalms 31:17

“And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, etc.] Either the grace and favour of God, his gracious presence vouchsafed in his ordinances, which makes his tabernacles amiable and lovely, and his ways of pleasantness; or the righteousness of Christ, which is that comeliness he puts upon his people, whereby they become a perfection of beauty; or the beauty of holiness, which appears on them, when renewed and sanctified by the Spirit; every grace is beautiful and ornamental: or Christ himself may be meant; for the words may be rendered, “let the beauty of the Lord be with us” f1314; he who is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand altogether lovely, fairer than the children of…”

“Let me not be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon thee - That is, I have reposed entire confidence in thee, and in thy promises, in the time of trial; let now the result be such as to show that I had reason thus to trust in thee; that thy character is such that the persecuted and the afflicted may always find thee to be a safe and secure refuge. In other words, Let me not be disappointed, and thus be made “ashamed” before men, as if I had put my trust where no relief was to be found, or where there was nothing to authorize an act of unreserved confidence. See the notes at Psalms 25:2-3. Let the wicked be ashamed - Let them be disappointed in that on which they had put their trust; let it…”

“31:17 The psalmist, who did not deserve to be disgraced, invokes the principle of retribution (see study note on 1:6; see also “Prayers for Vengeance” Theme Note).”

“Let me: Psa 31:1, Psa 25:2, Psa 25:3, Psa 34:5, Psa 69:6, Psa 69:7; Isa 50:6, Isa 50:7; Joe 2:26, Joe 2:27 wicked: Psa 6:10, Psa 35:4, Psa 35:26, Psa 40:14, Psa 40:15, Psa 70:2, Psa 70:3, Psa 71:24, Psa 83:16, Psa 83:17; Isa 41:11, Isa 41:12; Isa 45:16, Isa 45:17, Isa 65:13, Isa 65:14; Jer 20:11; Dan 12:2 them: Psa 115:17; Sa1 2:9; Mat 22:12, Mat 22:13 silent in the grave: or, cut off for the grave Psalms 31:18”