Psalms

Psalm 17 ©

1 David appealeth to God for his innocence, and prayeth to be saved from his enemies: 10 he sheweth their pride and eagerness to ruin him: 13 he prayeth against worldly men, expressing his own confidence in God.

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A aPrayer of David.

a Ps. 72.20.
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HEAR bthe 1right, O LORD, cattend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, 2that goeth not out of feigned lips.

b Ps. 7.8; 18.20; 43.1. Is. 38.3.
c Ps. 61.1; 142.6; 66.19. 2Ch. 7.15. Ne. 1.6. Da. 9.19.
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Let dmy sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold ethe things that are equal.

d Ps. 7.8; 43.1; 18.20,23,24.
e Is. 45.19. Ps. 9.8.
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Thou fhast *proved mine heart; thou hast gvisited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; hI am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

f Job 23.10. Ps. 139.23; 7.9; 11.5; 26.2. Mal. 3.2,3. Zec. 13.9. 1Pe. 1.7. Ja. 1.12. 1Co. 4.4.
g Job 31.14.
h Ps. 39.1,2. Pr. 13.3. Ja. 3.2. Ac. 11.23.
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Concerning the works of men, iby the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

i Pr. 2.10-15. Ps. 119.9,11. Ro. 12.2. 1Pe. 5.8.
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jHold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps 3slip not.

j Ps. 119.5,133; 121.3,7,8; 94.18. Je. 10.23.
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kI have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

k Ps. 50.15; 116.2; 55.16. Is. 65.24; 58.9.
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Shew thy lmarvellous lovingkindness, O thou 4that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

l Ps. 31.21; 36.7. Is. 63.7,9. Ro. 5.20,21. Ep. 2.4,7.
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mKeep me as the *apple of the eye, hide me under nthe shadow of thy wings,

m De. 32.10. Zec. 2.8. 1Pe. 1.5.
n Ps. 57.1; 91.1,4. Mat. 23.37. Ru. 2.12. Lu. 13.34.
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From the wicked 5that oppress me, from 6my deadly enemies, who *compass me about.

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They oare *inclosed in their own fat: pwith their mouth they speak proudly.

o Job 15.27. Ps. 73.7; 119.70. De. 32.15.
p Ps. 10.3,6; 38.12; 73.8,9; 123.4.
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They qhave now *compassed us in our steps: they have rset their eyes bowing down to the earth;

q 1Sa. 23.26; 24.2,3; 26.2,3.
r Ps. 7.2; 10.8-10; 56.5,6. Pr. 28.15.
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7Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion 8lurking in secret places.

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sArise, O LORD, 9disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, twhich is 10thy sword:

s Ps. 7.6; 44.23; 54.5; 55.15; 140.6-12.
t Is. 10.5.
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11From men which are thy uhand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have vtheir portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure : 12they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

u Is. 10.5,6. Lu. 16.8.
v Lu. 16.25. Ja. 5.5. Job 21.7-13; 12.6. Ps. 73.3-7,12.
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As for me, wI will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be xsatisfied, ywhen I awake, with thy zlikeness.

w Job 19.26,27. 1Co. 13.12. 2Co. 3.18; 4.17. 1Jn. 3.2.
x Ps. 16.11; 43.4; 36.8,9. 1Co. 2.9. Re. 21; 22.
y Da. 12.2.
z Col. 1.15. Phi. 2.6. Ge. 1.26,27. 1Jn. 3.2. Ep. 5.27. Jude 14.