Tree of Life Version
Psalms 17:15
15I in righteousness will behold Your face! When I awake, I will be satisfied with Your likeness.
Psalms 17:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- New International Version (NIV)As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.
Context of Psalms 17:15
13Arise, Adonai! Confront him! Make him bow down! Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword, 14from men, with Your hand, Adonai, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their belly with Your treasure —with plenty of children— and leave their surplus to their babes. I in righteousness will behold Your face! When I awake, I will be satisfied with Your likeness.
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אֲנִ֗י בְּ֭צֶדֶק אֶחֱזֶ֣ה פָנֶ֑יךָ אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ תְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 17:15
- Psalms 5:7You destroy those who speak falsehood. A person of bloodshed and deceit Adonai detests.
- Joshua 24:15If it seems bad to you to worship Adonai, then choose for yourselves today whom you will serve—whether the gods that your fathers worshipped that were beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will worship Adonai!”
- Psalms 4:6Offer righteous sacrifices and put your trust in Adonai.
- Psalms 119:111Your testimonies I have as a heritage forever, for they are my heart’s joy.
- Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
- 2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory—just as from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Psalms 16:11You make known to me the path of life. Abundance of joys are in Your presence, eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Psalms 36:8How precious is Your love, O God! The children of men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
- Psalms 65:4Records of sins overwhelm me— You will atone for our transgressions.
- Matthew 5:6“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
- Revelation 7:16They shall never again go hungry, nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat.
- Revelation 21:3I also heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the dwelling of God is among men, and He shall tabernacle among them. They shall be His people, and God Himself shall be among them and be their God.
- Psalms 49:14Such is the way of the self-confident, and their followers who approve their sayings. Selah
- Job 14:12so a person lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, people will not awake, or be roused from their sleep.
- Isaiah 26:19Yet it will be: “Your dead will live! My corpses will rise! Awake and shout for joy, you who dwell in the dust! Your dew is like the dew of the dawn. The land of dead souls will come to life!
- Matthew 27:52And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the kedoshim who were sleeping were raised to life.
Commentaries on Psalms 17:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15As for me - I cannot be satisfied with such a portion. I will behold thy face - Nothing but an evidence of thy approbation can content my soul. In righteousness - I cannot have thy approbation unless I am conformed to thy will. I must be righteous in order that my heart and life may please thee. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness - Nothing but God can satisfy the wishes of an immortal spirit. He made it with infinite capacities and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15As for me - In strong contrast with the aims, the desires, and the condition of worldly individuals. “They” seek their portion in this life, and are satisfied; “I” cherish no such desires, and have no such prosperity. I look to another world as my home, and shall be satisfied only in the everlasting favor and friendship of God. I will behold thy face - I shall see thee. Compare Matthew 5:8; 1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 John 3:2. This refers naturally, as the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted state, and is a pattern to Christians to commit the keeping of their souls to God, trusting him to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom. Those are our worst enemies, that are enemies to our souls. They are God's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15behold Your face: The psalmist does not allow temporary concerns raised by adversaries to stand in the way of his experiencing a real and lasting relationship with the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. disappoint--literally, "come before," or, "encounter him." Supply "with" before "sword" (Psa 17:13), and "hand" (Psa 17:14). These denote God's 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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