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Psalms 17:2

May my sentence come forth from thy presence; May thine eyes behold uprightness!

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1“A psalm of David.” Hear the righteous cause, O LORD! Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit!

3Provest thou my heart, visitest thou me in the night, Triest thou me like gold, thou shalt find nothing!

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Cross References

Psalms 37:6He will cause thy justice to shine forth like the light, And thy righteousness like the noonday's brightness.

Ezekiel 18:25Yet ye say, “The way of the Lord is not right.” Hear now, O house of Israel! “Is not my way right?” Is it not your ways that are not right?

Ezekiel 33:17And yet the sons of thy people say, “The way of the Lord is not right!” But it is their way which is not right.

2 Thessalonians 1:6since it will be just with God to repay distress to them that distress you,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

Study Psalms 17:2

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