Psalms 17:1
Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
2Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:15Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to prayer that is made in this place.
Job 16:17although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Psalms 7:8The LORD administers judgement to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
Psalms 18:44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
Psalms 54:4Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
Psalms 55:18He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.
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 →