Psalms 17:2
Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
World English 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
1Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
Cross References
Psalms 37:6he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?
Ezekiel 33:17“‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.
2 Thessalonians 1:6For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict 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 →