New King James Version
Psalms 17:2
2Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Declare me innocent, for you see those who do right.
Context of Psalms 17:2
1Hear a just cause, O Lord, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips. Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright. 3You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4Concerning the works of men, By the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.
Read all of Psalms 17Psalms 17:2 word by word
מִ֭לְּפָנֶיךָ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י יֵצֵ֑א עֵ֝ינֶ֗יךָ תֶּחֱזֶ֥ינָה מֵישָׁרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 17:2
- Psalms 37:6He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you,
- Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
- Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair?
- Ezekiel 33:17“Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!
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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