Thematic Bible
Psalm 17:1 (show verse)
LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.
Psalm 17:2 (show verse)
Justice for me will come from your presence; your eyes see what is right.
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Psalm 17:3 (show verse)
When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.
Psalm 17:4 (show verse)
As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent.
Psalm 17:5 (show verse)
Because my steps have held fast to your paths, my footsteps have not faltered.
Psalm 17:6 (show verse)
I call upon you, for you will answer me, God. Listen closely to me and hear my prayer.
Psalm 17:7 (show verse)
Show forth your gracious love, save those who take refuge in you from those who rebel against your sovereign power.
Psalm 17:8 (show verse)
Protect me as the most precious part of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings
Psalm 17:9 (show verse)
from the wicked who have afflicted me, from my enemies who have surrounded me.
Psalm 17:10 (show verse)
They are imprisoned by their own prosperity, they have boasted proudly with their mouth.
Psalm 17:11 (show verse)
Now they have encircled our paths and are determined to cast us down to the ground.
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Psalm 17:12 (show verse)
Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces, like a young lion waiting in ambush.
Psalm 17:13 (show verse)
Arise, LORD, confront them, bring them to their knees! Deliver me from the wicked by your sword
Psalm 17:14 (show verse)
from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.
Psalm 17:15 (show verse)
But as for me, justified, I will behold your face; when I awake, your presence will satisfy me. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.