Psalms · 15 verses
Psalms 17
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A prayer for rescue ends with full bellies, satisfied sons, and abundance left to children.
A plea tested in the nightvv. 1–6
David begins with a claim as clean as the lips carrying it: his plea is righteous, his cry is free of deceit. The LORD has already searched him in the night and found no evil; David has kept his mouth from sin and his feet from slipping. It is a remarkably tidy self-portrait, though the prayer still asks to be heard.
Under the wingsvv. 7–12
David asks for the wonders of the LORD’s loving devotion and for shelter beneath the shadow of the wings. The enemies are close, callous, arrogant, and arranged around him; their hunting is rendered in two splendidly unpleasant shapes, a greedy lion and a young lion waiting in ambush.
Bellies, sons, and the waking facevv. 13–15
The prayer turns sharply from the lurking lions to a household scene: bellies filled, sons satisfied, and abundance passed on to children. The text does not pause to explain whose abundance this is. David then leaves the matter of such men behind and looks towards the LORD’s face, expecting satisfaction on waking.
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Ps 17:1A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.
Ps 17:2May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
Ps 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Ps 17:4As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Ps 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
Ps 17:6I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
Ps 17:7Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
Ps 17:8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
Ps 17:9from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
Ps 17:10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
Ps 17:11They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
Ps 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
Ps 17:13Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
Ps 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
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- 8Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
- 8Psalms 91:4He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- 8Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- 8Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
- 152 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- 3Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- 8Zechariah 2:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- 8Psalms 61:4Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
- 15Psalms 11:7For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
- 15Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- 15Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- 3Psalms 26:2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
- 3Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
- 7Psalms 60:5Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- 8Ruth 2:12May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
- 8Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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