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

Pay attention to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for I pray to You.

Pay attention to me and answer me.
I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,

For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Davidic.God, hear my cry;
pay attention to my prayer.

However, God has listened;
He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.

Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place.

let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

Listen, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city called by Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You based on our righteous acts, but based on Your abundant compassion.

Not out of feigned lips

Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.

Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah didn’t return to Me with all her heart—only in pretense.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

These people

honor Me with their lips,

but their heart is far from Me.

Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, “Here is a true Israelite; no deceit is in him.”

General references

Lord, hear my prayer;
listen to my plea for mercy.