Discovery BoxPsalms 31:14-17 
Context31:14 But I trust in you, O Lord!
I declare, “You are my God!”
31:15 You determine my destiny! 1
Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.
31:16 Smile 2 on your servant!
Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
31:17 O Lord, do not let me be humiliated,
for I call out to you!
May evil men be humiliated!
May they go wailing to the grave! 3
1 tn Heb “in your hand [are] my times.”
2 tn Heb “cause your face to shine.”
3 tn The verb יִדְּמוּ (yiddÿmu) is understood as a form of דָּמַם (damam, “wail, lament”). Another option is to take the verb from דָּמַם (“be quiet”; see BDB 198-99 s.v. I דָּמַם), in which case one might translate, “May they lie silent in the grave.”
