Psalms 17:1

For the end, a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: and he said: 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

In Context

2I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:15And now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.

Job 16:17Yet there was no injustice in my hands, 1 And my prayer is pure. 1

Psalms 7:8And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: 1 And for this cause do thou return on high. 1

Psalms 54:4Because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: 1 For they brought iniquity against me, 1 And were wrathfully angry with me. 1

Matthew Henry on Psalms 17:1

David being in great distress and danger by the malice of his enemies, does, in this psalm, by prayer address himself to God, his tried refuge, and seeks shelter in him. I. He appeals to God concerning his integrity, ver. 1-4 . II. He prays to God still to be upheld in his integrity and preserved from the malice of his enemies, ver. 5-8 , 13 . III. He gives a character of his enemies, using that as a plea with God for his preservation, ver. 9-12 , 14 . IV. He comforts himself with the hopes of his future… Read the whole commentary →

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