Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 31:17

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 .

And therefore thy Honour, will be Eclipsed in my Disappointment, as if thou didst not hear Prayers, nor keep Promise nor make any Difference between good and bad Men.

Frustrated in their wicked Designs, and Carnal Confidences.

Seeing they are implacable in their Malice and Rage, against innocent and good Men, do thou cut them off by thy just Judgment; and since either the Righteous, or the wicked must be cut off, let Destruction fall upon them, who most deserve it.

Marginal references: Psal. 25 2.; Or, let them be cut off for the Grave.; 1 Sam. 2. 9.; Heb. H[illegible: 1+ letters]ll.