Psalm 17:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Attend

Not out of feigned lips

General references

Psalm 86:6

Bible References

Attend

Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and my God; for to thee will I pray.

Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,

{To the chief Musician. On a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my cry; attend unto my prayer.

But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attentive to the prayer made in this place;

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolations, and the city that is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee because of our righteousnesses, but because of thy manifold mercies.

Not out of feigned lips

At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.

And even for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah.

This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold one truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.

General references

Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.