Psalms 17:1

Psalms 17:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
• New International Version (NIV)Hear me, Lord, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hear a just cause, O Lord, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.

Context of Psalms 17:1

Hear the just (righteous) cause, O Lord; listen to my loud [piercing] cry; Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips. 2Let my verdict of vindication come from Your presence; May Your eyes look with equity and behold things that are just. 3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me]; I intend that my mouth will not transgress.

Psalms 17:1 word by word

שִׁמְעָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה׀ צֶ֗דֶק הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה רִנָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה תְפִלָּתִ֑י בְּ֝לֹ֗א שִׂפְתֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the rightצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• attendקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• unto my cryרִנָּהrinnâh · cryH7440
• give earאָזַן'âzan · to listenH238
• unto my prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• out of feignedמִרְמָהmirmâh · deceitH4820
• lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193

Cross-references for Psalms 17:1

• Psalms 86:1Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me, For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].
• Psalms 142:1I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord; I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.
• Psalms 7:8The Lord judges the peoples; Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.
• Psalms 18:20The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity); According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.
• Psalms 43:1Judge and vindicate me, O God; plead my case against an ungodly nation. O rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man!
• Psalms 140:12I know [with confidence] that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And [will secure] justice for the poor.
• 1 John 3:21Beloved, if our heart does not convict us [of guilt], we have confidence [complete assurance and boldness] before God;
• Psalms 5:2Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray.
• Psalms 55:2Listen to me and answer me; I am restless and distraught in my complaint and distracted
• Psalms 61:1Hear my cry, O God; Listen to my prayer.
• Psalms 66:19But certainly God has heard [me]; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.
• Psalms 142:6Give attention to my cry, For I am brought very low; Rescue me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.
• 2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer offered in this place.
• Nehemiah 1:6please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You, day and night, on behalf of Your servants, the sons (descendants) of Israel (Jacob), confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have committed against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.
• Daniel 9:18O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You because of our own merits and righteousness, but because of Your great mercy and compassion.
• Psalms 18:44As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me; Foreigners feign obedience to me.

Commentaries on Psalms 17:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Hear the right - Attend to the justice of my cause, צדק יהוה 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Hear the right - Margin, as in Hebrew, “justice.” The prayer is, that God would regard that which was “right” 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 “just” God to do. We can offer an acceptable prayer only when we are sure that it would be right…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David's integrity. (1-7) The character of his enemies. His hope of happiness. (8-15) Verses 1-7 This psalm is a prayer. Feigned prayers are fruitless; but if our hearts lead our prayers, God will meet them with his favour. The psalmist had been used to pray, so that it was not his distress and danger that now first brought him to his duty. And he was encouraged by his faith to expect God would notice his prayers. Constant resolution and watchfulness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1comes from lips free of deceit: Deception characterizes the wicked. The righteous reject such deceit as a failure of character and pray for rescue from such people (Psalms 5:6; 43:1; 120:2). They love honesty, truth, and integrity (Psalms 15:2–3; 24:4; 101:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152. sentence--acquitting judgment. from thy presence--Thy tribunal. things that are equal--just and right, do Thou regard.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 17:1

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Desire
• Prayer
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

• Greedy
• Path
• Purposed
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Attend; Attendance
• Belly
• Cry, Crying
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Feign
• Lip

Commentaries on Psalms 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings