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Psalms 17:1 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear `to' my prayer, without lips of deceit.

Cross Reference

Psalms 142:6 YLT

Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

Psalms 61:1 YLT

To the Overseer, on stringed instruments. -- By David. Hear, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer.

Psalms 86:1 YLT

A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I `am' poor and needy.

Psalms 142:1 YLT

An Instruction of David, a Prayer when he is in the cave. My voice `is' unto Jehovah, I cry, My voice `is' unto Jehovah, I entreat grace.

1 John 3:21 YLT

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,

John 1:47 YLT

Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'

Matthew 15:8 YLT

This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;

Daniel 9:18-19 YLT

`Incline, O my God, Thine ear, and hear, open Thine eyes and see our desolations, and the city on which Thy name is called; for not for our righteous acts are we causing our supplications to fall before Thee, but for Thy mercies that `are' many. O lord, hear, O Lord, forgive; O Lord, attend and do; do not delay, for Thine own sake, O my God, for Thy name is called on Thy city, and on Thy people.'

Jeremiah 3:10 YLT

And even in all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned back unto Me with all her heart, but with falsehood, an affirmation of Jehovah.'

Isaiah 29:13 YLT

And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!

Psalms 145:18 YLT

Near `is' Jehovah to all those calling Him, To all who call Him in truth.

2 Chronicles 7:15 YLT

`Now, Mine eyes are open, and Mine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place;

Psalms 140:12 YLT

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

Psalms 66:19 YLT

But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Psalms 55:2-3 YLT

Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

Psalms 43:1 YLT

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

Psalms 18:44 YLT

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

Psalms 18:20 YLT

Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

Psalms 7:8 YLT

Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,

Psalms 5:2 YLT

Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

Nehemiah 1:6 YLT

let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;

Commentary on Psalms 17 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 17

Ps 17:1-15. This Psalm is termed a prayer because the language of petition is predominant. With a just cause, sincerely presented, the writer prays for a just decision and help and protection. Pleading former mercies as a ground of hope, he urges his prayer in view of the malice, pride, rapacity, and selfishness of his foes, whose character is contrasted with his pious devotion and delight in God's favor.

2. sentence—acquitting judgment.

from thy presence—Thy tribunal.

things that are equal—just and right, do Thou regard.

3. proved … visited … tried—His character was most rigidly tested, at all times, and by all methods, affliction and others (Ps 7:10).

purposed that, &c.—or, my mouth does not exceed my purpose; I am sincere.

4. works of men—sinful practices.

by the word of thy lips—as a guide (Ps 119:9, 11, 95).

destroyer—violent man.

5. May be read as an assertion "my steps or goings have held on to Thy paths."

6. wilt hear me—that is, graciously (Ps 3:4).

7. Show—set apart as special and eminent (Ex 8:18; Ps 4:3).

thy right hand—for Thy power.

8. Similar figures, denoting the preciousness of God's people in His sight, in De 32:10, 11; Mt 23:37.

9. compass me—(compare Ps 118:10-12).

10. enclosed … fat—are become proud in prosperity, and insolent to God (De 32:15; Ps 73:7).

11. They pursue us as beasts tracking their prey.

12. The figure made more special by that of a lion lurking.

13-15. disappoint—literally, "come before," or, "encounter him." Supply "with" before "sword" (Ps 17:13), and "hand" (Ps 17:14). These denote God's power.

14. men … world—all men of this present time. They appear, by fulness of bread and large families, to be prosperous; but (Ps 17:15) he implies this will be transient, contrasting his better portion in a joyful union with God hereafter.