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Psalms 17:1
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A prayer of David.
O Lord , hear my plea for justice. Listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, for it comes from honest lips.A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Yahweh, attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, that does not go out of feigned lips.
A prayer of David.
Lord , hear me begging for fairness; listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, because I speak the truth.A prayer of David.
Lord , consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer!A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.
<> Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.
Hear the just (righteous) cause, O LORD; listen to my loud [piercing] cry; Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.
A Prayer of David.
Hear a just cause, O Lord ; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!The title of the sixtenthe salm. The preier of Dauid. Lord, here thou my riytfulnesse; biholde thou my preier. Perseuye thou with eeris my preier; not maad in gileful lippis.
A Prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.
(A prayer by David.)
I am innocent, Lord ! Won't you listen as I pray and beg for help? I am honest! Please hear my prayer.A Prayer of David.
Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.
A prayer of David: Hear a just cause, Adonai , heed my cry; listen to my prayer from honest lips.
A Prayer of David.
Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.A prayer of David.
Lord , hear my prayer for justice. I am calling loudly to you. I am being honest in what I say, so please listen to my prayer.A Prayer of David. {N}from lips without deceit.
[A prayer of Dauid.] Heare the right, O Lord, attend vnto my crie, giue eare vnto my prayer, that goeth not out of fained lips.
Hear what is right, O Lord. Listen to my cry. Hear my prayer, for it does not come from lying lips.
A Prayer of David.
Hear a just cause, O Lord ; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.The prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lorde, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained.
HEAR, O Holy LORD, and consider my supplication; give ear unto my prayer that proceedeth not out of deceitful lips.
Listen, O Lord , to my plea for justice; pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to my honest prayer.
Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:
(16-1) <The prayer of David.> Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.
A Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
Heare thou O God of iustice, be attentiue vnto my complaynt: geue eare vnto my prayer, not [proceeding] out of fayned lyppes.
Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.
Lord, hear a just cause;pay attention to my cry;listen to my prayer—from lips free of deceit.
<> Hear, LORD, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.
A prayer of David.
O Yahweh, hear a just cause. Hear my cry; heed my prayer I make without deceitful lips.A Prayer of David. O Jehovah, hear righteousness; listen to my cry; give ear to my prayer, for it is not in lips of deceit.
A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.
Heare ye right (O LORDE) cosidre my coplaynte: herken vnto my prayer, that goeth not out of a fayned mouth.
A David Prayer Listen while I build my case, God , the most honest prayer you'll ever hear. Show the world I'm innocent— in your heart you know I am.
Hear a just cause, LORD, give Your attention to my cry; Listen to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
Hear a just cause, O LORD, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.
A Prayer of David.
Hear a just cause, O Lord , give heed to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.Hear a righteous cause, O Yahweh, give heed to my cry of lamentation;Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 2942, bc 1062 - Title Psalms 86:1, Psalms 142:1, *titles
Hear: Psalms 7:8, Psalms 18:20, Psalms 43:1, Psalms 140:12, 1 John 3:21
the right: Heb. justice
attend: Psalms 5:2, Psalms 55:2, Psalms 55:3, Psalms 61:1, Psalms 66:19, Psalms 142:6, 2 Chronicles 7:15, Nehemiah 1:6, Daniel 9:18, Daniel 9:19
not out of feigned lips: Heb. without lips of deceit, Psalms 18:44, *marg. Psalms 145:18, Jeremiah 3:10, Matthew 15:8, John 1:47
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:40 - thine ears 2 Chronicles 20:15 - Be not afraid Psalms 5:1 - Give Psalms 55:1 - Give Psalms 86:6 - General Psalms 130:2 - let thine ears Proverbs 15:8 - the prayer Isaiah 29:13 - Forasmuch John 4:23 - in truth 2 Timothy 1:5 - unfeigned 2 Timothy 2:22 - call
Cross-References
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord , who appeared unto him.
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear the right, O Lord,.... The psalmist appeals to the Lord as a Judge, sitting on the throne judging right, that he would hear his cause litigated between him and his adversaries, determine and give the decisive sentence about it; so Christ committed himself to him that judgeth righteously, 1 Peter 2:23; for by "right" may be meant his right and cause, or his righteous cause, as in Psalms 9:4; unless rather his righteous prayer should be intended, so the Targum paraphrases it, "my prayer in righteousness"; not presented for the sake of his own righteousness, but on account of the righteousness of Christ, and for the vindication of his righteous cause before men: the Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, render it "my righteousness", meaning his righteous cause; but rather the word may be rendered "righteousness" z, or the "righteous one", and may design the psalmist himself, who was a righteous person, and such the Lord hears; or Christ, whose name is the Lord our righteousness, Jeremiah 23:6; and who, as an advocate or intercessor for himself and for his people, is Jesus Christ the righteous, 1 John 2:1. The Septuagint version takes it to be an epithet of the Lord himself, translating it, "O Lord of my righteousness", as in Psalms 4:1; and so the Syriac version, "hear, O holy Lord"; and in this manner does Christ address his father in prayer,
John 17:11; and the consideration of the holiness and righteousness of God is of use in prayer to glorify God, and to command a proper awe and reverence of him;
attend unto my cry; the word for "cry" signifies both a noise made in a way of joy and grief; wherefore the Chaldee paraphrase renders it, "attend to my praise", or hymn of praise, and which arises from sorrow and distress; and intends not mental prayer attended with groanings which cannot be uttered, but vocal prayer expressed in a loud and mournful manner, signifying the distress the person is in, and his earnestness and importunacy for help; and of this sort were some of Christ's prayers; see Hebrews 5:7;
give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips; hypocritical and deceitful ones; but this went forth from his heart, which was lifted up with his hands to God, to whom he drew nigh with a true heart, and called upon him in the sincerity and uprightness of his soul; and of this sort were all Christ's prayers, in whose mouth there is no guile: the various expressions, "hear, attend, give ear", which signify the same thing, show the distress the supplicant was in, the fervency of his prayer, and his vehement and earnest desire to be heard and answered immediately; and since the accent "athnach" is upon the word תפ×ת×, "my prayer", this last clause is not to be joined only to that, but refers to all that is said before; as that his "right" and his "cry", as well as his prayer, were unfeigned.
z צ×ק "justitiam", Vatablus, Cocceius, Gejerus; Ïο δικαιον, Aquila in Drusius; "justitiam", i.e. "me qui sum justus", Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hear the right - Margin, as in Hebrew, âjustice.â The prayer is, that God would regard that which was ârightâ in the case, or that he would vindicate the psalmist from that which was wrong. It is the expression of his confident assurance even in the presence of God that his cause was right, and that he was asking only that which it would be consistent for a âjustâ God to do. We can offer an acceptable prayer only when we are sure that it would be right for God to answer it, or that it would be consistent with perfect and eternal justice to grant our requests. It is to be observed here, however, that the ground of the petition of the psalmist is not that âheâ was righteous, that is, he did not base his petition on the ground of his own merits, but that his âcauseâ was righteous; that he was unjustly oppressed and persecuted by his enemies. We cannot ask God to interpose in our behalf because we have a claim to his favor on the ground of our own merit; we may ask him to interpose because wrong is done, and his glory will be promoted in securing that which is just and right.
Attend unto my cry - The word used here - ×¨× × rinnaÌh - means either a shout of joy, Psalms 30:5; Psalms 42:4; Psalms 47:1; or a mournful cry, outcry, wailing, Psalms 61:1; et soepe. It is expressive, in either case, of deep feeling which vents itself in an audible manner. Here it denotes the earnest âutteranceâ of prayer.
Give ear unto my prayer - See the notes at Psalms 5:1.
That goeth not out of feigned lips - Margin, as in Hebrew, âwithout lips of deceit.â That is, that is sincere, or that proceeds from the heart. The utterance of the lips does not misrepresent the feelings of the heart. True prayer is that in which the lips âdoâ represent the real feelings of the soul. In hypocritical prayer the one is no proper representation of the other. It is evident that the prayer here was not mere mental prayer, or a mere desire of the heart. It was uttered prayer, or oral prayer; and, though private, it was in the form of uttered words. The feeling was so great that it was expressed in an audible cry to God. Deep emotion usually finds vent in such audible and fervent expressions. Compare the Saviourâs earnest prayer in the garden of Gethsemane, Luke 22:41 ff.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM XVII
David implores the succour of God against his enemies; and
professes his integrity and determination to live to God's
glory, 1.
He prays for support, and expresses strong confidence in God,
5-9;
describes the malice and cruelty of his enemies, and prays
against them, 10-14;
receives a strong persuasion of support and final victory, 15.
NOTES ON PSALM XVII
The title is, A prayer of David; in which there is nothing that requires explanation. David was most probably the author of this Psalm; and it appears to have been written about the time in which Saul had carried his persecution against him to the highest pitch. See 1 Samuel 27:1-12. The Arabic calls it "A prayer of a perfect man, of Christ himself, or of any one redeemed by him." Dr. Delaney, in his life of David, supposes that this poem was written just after parting with Jonathan, when David went into exile.
Verse Psalms 17:1. Hear the right — Attend to the justice of my cause, ×××× ×¦×ק Yehovah tsedek, righteous Jehovah. "O righteous Jehovah, attend unto my cry."
Goeth not out of feigned lips. — My supplication is sincere: and the desire of my heart accompanies the words of my lips.
