1 Hear שִׁמְעָ֤ה shim.'Ah H8085 the right , O Jehovah , attend unto my cry רִנָּתִ֗י ri.na.Ti H7440 ; give הַאֲזִ֥ינָה ha.'a.Zi.nah H238 ear H238 unto my prayer H8605 , which is not out of feigned lips שִׂפְתֵ֥י sif.Tei H8193 . 2 Let my judgment מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י mish.pa.Ti H4941 come יֵצֵ֑א ye.Tze' H3318 forth H3318 from thy presence H6440 , let thine eyes עֵ֝ינֶ֗יךָ 'ei.Nei.kha H5869 regard equity . 3 Thou hast proved my heart לִבִּ֨י׀ li.Bi H3820 , thou hast visited פָּ֘קַ֤דְתָּ pa.Kad.ta H6485 me by night לַּ֗יְלָה Lay.lah H3915 ; thou hast tried me , thou hast found תִּמְצָ֑א tim.Tza' H4672 nothing : my thought goeth not beyond my word . 4 Concerning the works H6468 of men H120 , by the word בִּדְבַ֣ר bid.Var H1697 of thy lips שְׂפָתֶ֑יךָ se.fa.Tei.kha H8193 I have kept H8104 from the paths אָרְח֥וֹת 'a.re.Chot H734 of the violent פָּרִֽיץ׃ pa.Ritz H6530 [ man H120 ]. 5 When thou holdest my goings in thy paths , my footsteps פְעָמָֽי׃ fe.'a.Mai H6471 slip H4131 not . 6 I have called קְרָאתִ֣יךָ ke.ra.Ti.cha H7121 upon thee, for thou answerest me , O God אֵ֑ל 'El H410 . Incline הַֽט־ hat- H5186 thine ear אָזְנְךָ֥ 'a.ze.ne.Kha H241 unto me , hear שְׁמַ֣ע she.Ma' H8085 my speech. 7 Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right בִּֽימִינֶֽךָ׃ Bi.mi.Ne.kha H3225 hand H3225 them that trust [ in thee] from those that rise מִ֝מִּתְקוֹמְמִ֗ים mi.mit.ko.Mim H6965 up [against them ]. 8 Keep שָׁ֭מְרֵנִי Sham.re.ni H8104 me as the apple of the eye עָ֑יִן 'A.yin H5869 , hide תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃ tas.ti.Re.ni H5641 me under the shadow בְּצֵ֥ל be.Tzel H6738 of thy wings כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ ke.na.Fei.kha H3671 , Read all of Psalms 17 ← Psalms 16 Psalms 18 → Commentaries on Psalms 17 Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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