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id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/16.htm" title="Psalm 16">◄</a> Psalm 17 <a href="../psalms/18.htm" title="Psalm 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmheading">A Davidic Prayer.</p><p class="heading">A Cry for Justice</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>LORD, hear my just plea!</p> <p class="poetry2">Pay attention to my cry!</p> <p class="poetry2">Listen to my prayer,</p> <p class="poetry2">since it does not come from lying lips.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Justice for me will come from your presence;</p> <p class="poetry2">your eyes see what is right.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When you probe my heart,</p> <p class="poetry2">and examine me at night;</p> <p class="poetry2">when you refine me,</p> <p class="poetry2">you will find nothing wrong,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:3 The Heb. lacks wrong">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>As for the ways of mankind,</p> <p class="poetry2">I have, according to the words of your lips,</p> <p class="poetry2">avoided the ways of the violent.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Because my steps have held fast to your paths,</p> <p class="poetry2">my footsteps have not faltered.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I call upon you, for you will answer me, God.</p> <p class="poetry2">Listen closely to me</p> <p class="poetry2">and hear my prayer.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Show forth your gracious love,</p> <p class="poetry2">save those who take refuge in you</p> <p class="poetry2">from those who rebel against your sovereign power.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:7 Lit. against your right hand">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Protect me as the most precious part of the eye;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:8 Lit. as the pupil of the daughter of the eye">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">hide me under the shadow of your wings</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>from the wicked<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:9 Lit. face of the wicked">d</a></span> who have afflicted me,</p> <p class="poetry2">from my enemies who have surrounded me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They are imprisoned by their own prosperity,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:10 Lit. fat">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">they have boasted proudly with their mouth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now they have encircled our paths<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=" 17:11 So MT; DSS 11QPs LXX read have expelled me">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and are determined<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:11 Lit. and have set their eyes">g</a></span> to cast us down to the ground.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces,</p> <p class="poetry2">like a young lion waiting in ambush.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Arise, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">confront them,</p> <p class="poetry2">bring them to their knees!</p> <p class="poetry2">Deliver me from the wicked by your sword—</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>from men, LORD, by your hand—</p> <p class="poetry2">from men who belong to this world,</p> <p class="poetry2">whose reward is only<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:14 The Heb. lacks only">h</a></span> in this<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:14 So MT; DSS 11QPs LXX read their">i</a></span> life.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">But as for your treasured ones,</p> <p class="poetry2">may their stomachs be full,</p> <p class="poetry2">may their children have an abundance,</p> <p class="poetry2">and may they leave wealth to their offspring.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But as for me, justified, I will behold your face;</p> <p class="poetry2">when I awake, your presence<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:15 Lit. form, likeness">j</a></span> will satisfy me.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 17:3 The Heb. lacks <i>wrong</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 17:7 Lit. <i>against your right hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 17:8 Lit. <i>as the pupil of the daughter of the eye</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 17:9 Lit. <i>face of the wicked</i><br 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