English Standard Version
Psalms 17:7
7Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
Psalms 17:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
- New International Version (NIV)Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust in You From those who rise up against them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways. By your mighty power you rescue those who seek refuge from their enemies.
Context of Psalms 17:7
5My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped. 6I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words. Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. 8Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, 9from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.
Read all of Psalms 17Psalms 17:7 word by word
הַפְלֵ֣ה חֲ֭סָדֶיךָ מוֹשִׁ֣יעַ חוֹסִ֑ים מִ֝מִּתְקוֹמְמִ֗ים בִּֽימִינֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 17:7
- Psalms 31:21Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city.
- Psalms 78:12In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
- Romans 5:20Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
- Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
- Psalms 5:11But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
- Psalms 10:12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
- 1 Samuel 17:45Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 1 Samuel 25:28Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
- 2 Kings 19:22"Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars."
- Psalms 20:6Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.
- Psalms 44:3for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.
- Psalms 60:5That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
- Isaiah 41:10fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Acts 2:33Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
Commentaries on Psalms 17:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Show thy marvellous lovingkindness - David was now exposed to imminent danger; common interpositions of Providence could not save him; if God did not work miracles for him, he must fall by the hand of Saul. Yet he lays no claim to such miraculous interpositions; he expects all from God's lovingkindness. The common reading here is חסדיך הפלה haphleh chasadeycha, "distinguish thy holy ones;" but הפלא haple, "do wonders," is the reading of about seventy…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Show thy marvelous loving-kindness - The literal translation of the original here would be, “distinguish thy favors.” The Hebrew word used means properly “to separate; to distinguish;” then, “to make distinguished or great.” The prayer is, that God would separate his mercies on this occasion from his ordinary mercies by the manifestation of greater powers, or by showing him special favor. The ordinary or common mercies which he was receiving at the hand…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9This prayer for God's care continues the request begun in Psalm 17:1–2 for redemption from evil.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Show--set apart as special and eminent (Ex 8:18; Psa 4:3). thy right hand--for Thy power.Read the comment
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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
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