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.
Ver. 17. Let me not be ashamed] i.e. Disappointed of my hopes.
Let the wicked be ashamed] For they call not upon God, but shame those that do, Psalms 14:4; Psalms 14:6 .
Let them be silent in the grave] Let their large spoken mouths be stopped with a spadeful of mould.