Psalms 17:2

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

In Context

1For 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

3The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; 1 My God is my helper, I will hope in him; 1 He is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 37:6My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, 1 Because of my foolishness. 1

Ezekiel 18:25Yet ye have said, The way of the Lord is not straight. Hear now, all the house of Israel; will not my way be straight? Is your way straight?

Ezekiel 33:17Yet the children of thy people will say, The way of the Lord is not straight: whereas this their way is not straight.

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 →

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