New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 17:2
Psalms 17:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
- New International Version (NIV)Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.
- English Standard Version (ESV)From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.
Context of Psalms 17:2
1Hear a just cause, Lord, give Your attention to my cry; Listen to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. Let 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. 4As for the works of mankind, by the word of Your lips I have kept from the ways of the violent.
Read all of Psalms 17Psalms 17:2 word by word
מִ֭לְּפָנֶיךָ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י יֵצֵ֑א עֵ֝ינֶ֗יךָ תֶּחֱזֶ֥ינָה מֵישָׁרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 17:2
- Psalms 37:6He will bring out your righteousness as the light, And your judgment as the noonday.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6For after all it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy,
- Ezekiel 18:25Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?
- Ezekiel 33:17“Yet your fellow citizens say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right.
Commentaries on Psalms 17:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2My sentence come forth from thy presence - Thou knowest my heart, and my ways; judge me as thou shalt find; let me not fall under the judgment of man. Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal - Thou knowest whether I render to all their due, and whether others act justly by me. Thou canst not be deceived: do justice between me and my adversaries.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Let my sentence - Hebrew, “my judgment.” The allusion is to a judgment or sentence as coming from God in regard to the matter referred to in the psalm, to wit, the injuries which he had received from his enemies. He felt that they had done him injustice and wrong; he felt assured that a sentence or judgment from God in the case would be in his favor. So Job often felt that if he could bring his case directly before God, God would decide in his favor…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15The psalmist asks for God's protection and justice, affirms his own integrity, and prays for the Lord to defeat his strong enemies.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
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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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