Psalms 17:7
In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord, and I cried out to my God. And he listened to my voice from his holy temple. And my cry in his presence entered into his ears.
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In The King James Version
In Context
6The sorrows of Hell encompassed me, and the snares of death intercepted me.
Cross References
Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, has been magnified in strength. Your right hand, O Lord, has struck down the enemy.
1 Samuel 25:28Forgive the iniquity of your handmaid. For the Lord will surely make for you, my lord, a faithful house, because you, my lord, fight the battles of the Lord. Therefore, let no evil be found in you all the days of your life.
2 Kings 19:34And I will protect this city, and I will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.”
Psalms 5:11Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.
Psalms 20:6Great is his glory in your salvation. Glory and great adornment, you will lay upon him.
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 →