Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Brought. Protestants, "be silent in the grave "(Haydock) or "in hell. "This is a prediction. When I shall ascend the throne, they will be covered with shame. (Calmet)
Let them enter into themselves before they die. (Haydock)
Houbigant thinks that the Hebrew had formerly, "let them be silent, and descend into the grave "which seems judicious. David inveighs against his spiritual enemies, and against manifest impiety. (Berthier)