Psalms 17:3
Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
2Let my justice come forth from thy presence. Let thine eyes look upon equity.
4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the ways of a violent man.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that LORD had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave. And some bade me kill thee, but [I] spared thee. And I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is LORD's anoi
1 Samuel 26:11LORD forbid that I should put forth my hand against LORD's anointed. But now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary),
Psalms 16:7I will bless LORD, who has given me counsel. Yea, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 17:2-8
Sincere and Importunate Prayer. 1 Hear the right, O Lord , attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings… Read the whole commentary →