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 a just cause, Lord, give Your attention to my cry; Listen to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. 2Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with integrity. 3You have put my heart to the test; You have visited me by night; You have sifted me and You find nothing; My intent is that my mouth will not offend.

Psalms 17:1 word by word

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

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• justצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664
• , Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• giveקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• to my cryרִנָּהrinnâh · cryH7440
• Listenאָזַן'âzan · to listenH238
• to my prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• deceitfulמִרְמָהmirmâh · deceitH4820
• lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193

Cross-references for Psalms 17:1

• Psalms 86:1Incline Your ear, Lord, and answer me; For I am afflicted and needy.
• Psalms 142:1I cry out with my voice to the Lord; With my voice I implore the Lord for compassion.
• Psalms 7:8The Lord judges the peoples; Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
• Psalms 18:20The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
• Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; Save me from the deceitful and unjust person!
• Psalms 140:12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.
• 1 John 3:21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
• Psalms 5:2Listen to the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray.
• Psalms 55:2Give Your attention to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and severely distracted,
• Psalms 61:1Hear my cry, God; Give Your attention to my prayer.
• Psalms 66:19But God has heard; He has given attention to the sound of my prayer.
• Psalms 142:6Give Your attention to my cry, For I have been brought very low; Rescue me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.
• 2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
• Nehemiah 1:6let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open, to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have committed against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.
• Daniel 9:18My God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our pleas before You based on any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion.
• Psalms 18:44As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners pretend to obey 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