Thematic Bible
Psalm 17:1 (show verse)
([Psalm of David]) Hear my plea for justice, O Jehovah. Pay attention to my cry. Open your ears to my prayer, spoken without deceit.
Psalm 17:2 (show verse)
Let the verdict of my innocence come directly from you. Let your eyes observe what is right.
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Psalm 17:3 (show verse)
You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have decided that my mouth will not sin.
Psalm 17:4 (show verse)
I have avoided cruelty because of your word regardless of what others have done.
Psalm 17:5 (show verse)
My steps have remained firmly in your paths. My feet have not slipped.
Psalm 17:6 (show verse)
I have called on you because you answer me, O God. Turn your ear toward me. Listen to what I have to say.
Psalm 17:7 (show verse)
Reveal your miraculous deeds of loving-kindness, O Savior of those who find refuge by your side from those who attack them.
Psalm 17:8 (show verse)
Keep me as if I were the pupil (apple) of your eye (center of attention). Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
Psalm 17:9 (show verse)
Hide me from wicked people who violently attack me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.
Psalm 17:10 (show verse)
They have no feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.
Psalm 17:11 (show verse)
They have surrounded me. They have focused their attention on throwing me to the ground.
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Psalm 17:12 (show verse)
Each one of them is like a lion eager to tear its prey apart and like a young lion crouching in hiding places.
Psalm 17:13 (show verse)
Arise, O Jehovah and confront them! Bring them to their knees! With your sword rescue my life from the wicked.
Psalm 17:14 (show verse)
With your power (by your hand) rescue me from mortals, O Jehovah, from mortals who look forward only to this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.
Psalm 17:15 (show verse)
I will see your face (be in your presence) when I am declared righteous. When I wake up, I will be satisfied to see (perceive) (comprehend) you.