Parallel Verses

Amplified

Hear the just (righteous) cause, O Lord; listen to my loud [piercing] cry;
Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.

New American Standard Bible

A Prayer of David.
Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry;
Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

King James Version

{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.

Holman Bible

A Davidic prayer.Lord, hear a just cause;
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer—
from lips free of deceit.

International Standard Version

LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.

A Conservative Version

Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry. Give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.

American Standard Version

Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Bible in Basic English

Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

Darby Translation

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

Julia Smith Translation

Prayer of David. Hear justice, O Jehovah, attend to my outcry, give ear to my prayer, not in lips of deceit.

King James 2000

[A prayer of David.] Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.

Lexham Expanded Bible

O Yahweh, hear a just cause. Hear my cry; heed my prayer [I make] without deceitful lips.

Modern King James verseion

A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Jehovah; listen to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, for it is not in lips of deceit.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{A Prayer of David} Hear the right, O LORD; consider my complaint, and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

NET Bible

A prayer of David. Lord, consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer!

New Heart English Bible

Hear, LORD, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.

The Emphasized Bible

Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:

Webster

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

World English Bible

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.

Youngs Literal Translation

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 17:1

References

Hastings

Images Psalm 17:1

Prayers for Psalm 17:1

Context Readings

Confidence In The Lord

1 Hear the just (righteous) cause, O Lord; listen to my loud [piercing] cry;
Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.
2
Let my verdict of vindication come from Your presence;
May Your eyes look with equity and behold things that are just.



Cross References

Psalm 61:1

Hear my cry, O God;
Listen to my prayer.

Psalm 142:6


“Give attention to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Rescue me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.

Psalm 86:1

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].

2 Chronicles 7:15

Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer offered in this place.

Nehemiah 1:6

please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You, day and night, on behalf of Your servants, the sons (descendants) of Israel (Jacob), confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have committed against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.

Psalm 5:2


Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,
For to You I pray.

Psalm 7:8


The Lord judges the peoples;
Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.

Psalm 18:20


The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity);
According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.

Psalm 18:44


As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me;
Foreigners feign obedience to me.

Psalm 43:1

Judge and vindicate me, O God; plead my case against an ungodly nation.
O rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man!

Psalm 55:2-3


Listen to me and answer me;
I am restless and distraught in my complaint and distracted

Psalm 66:19


But certainly God has heard [me];
He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

Psalm 140:12


I know [with confidence] that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And [will secure] justice for the poor.

Psalm 142:1

I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord;
I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.

Psalm 145:18


The Lord is near to all who call on Him,
To all who call on Him in truth (without guile).

Isaiah 29:13

Then the Lord said,

“Because this nation approaches [Me only] with their words
And honors Me [only] with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their reverence for Me is a tradition that is learned by rote [without any regard for its meaning],

Jeremiah 3:10

Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but rather in [blatant] deception [she merely pretended obedience to King Josiah’s reforms],” declares the Lord.

Daniel 9:18-19

O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You because of our own merits and righteousness, but because of Your great mercy and compassion.

Matthew 15:8


This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Here is an Israelite indeed [a true descendant of Jacob], in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor duplicity!”

1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our heart does not convict us [of guilt], we have confidence [complete assurance and boldness] before God;

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