Psalms 17:3
When you test my heart when you visit at night, and assay me like silver – you can find no evil. I am determined that my mouth should not lie.
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In Context
2Let my vindication come from you, your eyes see the truth.
4I gave earnest heed to the words of your lips.
Cross References
Psalms 7:4if friends I paid back with evil, if I plundered my foes without cause,
Psalms 16:7I praise the Lord for his counsel, which so stirs my heart in the night.
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 →