I have called upon thee It hath been, still is, and shall be, my constant course, to apply myself to thee for assistance and deliverance. For thou wilt hear, O God Though thou mayest delay for a season, I am well assured that thou wilt hear and answer me.
Verse Psalms 17:6. _INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO ME_] David prayed from a conviction that God would hear: but he could not be satisfied unless he received an answer. In a believer's mind the petition and th...
I HAVE CALLED UPON THEE FOR THOU WILT HEAR ME, O GOD - The meaning of this is, “I have called on thee heretofore, and will do it still, because I am certain that thou wilt hear me.” That is, he was en...
Psalms 17 The Prayer of Christ Against the Enemy _ 1. The Righteous Intercessor (Psalms 17:1)_ 2. Prayer for deliverance (Psalms 17:6) 3. The deliverance ...
XVII. THE PRAYER OF A GODLY MAN FOR DELIVERANCE FROM HIS FOES. These foes are not foreign enemies but worldly Jews who persecute their pious and innocent neighbours. The cry for Divine help is made in...
HEAR. answer. See Structure, above....
_I have called upon thee_ I is emphatic. Being such an one as I am, I have called upon Thee, in full confidence that Thou wilt answer me. _O God El_, as in Psalms 16:1. See note on Psalms 5:4. _hear...
After protesting his integrity he resumes his prayer....
PSALMS 17 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE One who is Righteous Prays, in Great Trouble, for Divine Deliverance and Manifestation. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 17:1-2, The Prayer of Righteousness. Stanza II., vers,...
_I HAVE CALLED UPON THEE, FOR THOU WILT HEAR ME, O GOD: INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO ME, AND HEAR MY SPEECH._ I have called upon thee (and now call again), for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear u...
17:6 speech. (e-19) _ Imrah_ . see Psalms 119:11 ....
The Psalmist makes his appeal to the justice of God (Psalms 17:1), and supports his prayer by an assertion of his conscious innocence (Psalms 17:3) and an account of the eager cruelty of his enemies ...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_(_6_)_ I — is emphatic, “As for me, I,” &c....
אֲנִֽי ־קְרָאתִ֣יךָ כִֽי ־תַעֲנֵ֣נִי אֵ֑ל הַֽט...
Psalms 17:1 THE investigations as to authorship and date yield the usual conflicting results. Davidic, say one school; undoubtedly post-exilic, say another, without venturing on closer definition; lat...
GOD'S TRUE SERVANTS SAFELY KEPT Psalms 17:1 This also dates from the Sauline persecutions. In the earlier verses David protests his innocence, pleads for deliverance from his foes, and ends with glad...
This psalm is generally conceded to be closely linked with the preceding one. There is an evident similarity of outlook. In each case the singer declares his abstention from complicity with ungodly me...
I have called upon thee, (f) for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech. (f) He was assured that God would not refuse his request....
This is blessed, as it concerns our glorious Surety; for God engaged to carry him through his whole work; see Psalms 89:21. And it is blessed also, as it concerns his redeemed in him. The Redeemer com...
6._I have called upon thee, etc. _This verb being put in the past tense denotes a continued act; and, therefore, it includes the present time. The Hebrew word כי, _ki_, which we translate _surely, _of...
The key to Psalms 16 was in the words, "In thee do I put my trust"; to Psalms 17, "Hear the right." In Psalms 16 we have seen the blessed path and working of that spirit of confidence. It is, though t...
I HAVE CALLED UPON THEE,.... In prayer. This had been the constant practice of the psalmist, and he still continued in it; FOR THOU WILT HEAR ME, O GOD; God is a God hearing prayer; he is used to hea...
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech. Ver. 6. _I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me_] _q.d._ Thou wast always wont to hear...
DAVID CALLS UPON GOD FOR HELP...
I have called upon Thee, namely, in the capacity in which he described himself, as a child of God who could rightfully point to the righteousness of his life, FOR THOU WILT HEAR ME, O GOD, of this Dav...
1-7 This psalm is a prayer. Feigned prayers are fruitless; but if our hearts lead our prayers, God will meet them with his favour. The psalmist had been used to pray, so that it was not his distress...
I HAVE CALLED UPON THEE; it hath been, and still is, and shall be my constant course to apply myself to thee for assistance and for deliverance. FOR THOU WILT HEAR ME, O GOD; for though thou mayst del...
Psalms 17:6 called H7121 (H8804) hear H6030 (H8799) God H410 Incline H5186 (H8685) ear H241 hear...
‘I have called on you, for you will answer me, O God, Incline your ear to me, and hear my speech. Show your marvellous covenant love, O you who save by your right hand, Those who take refuge in yo...
Psalms 17:1. _Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips._ Good men are often slandered and misunderstood; and, at such times, the first v...
CONTENTS: David prays for relief from the pressure of enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we are abused and misrepresented, we have a righteous God to go to whose judgment is according t...
Psalms 17:3. _Thou hast tried me._ Vulgate, _Igne me examinâsti,_ Thou hast proved or tested me with fire, referring to the test of metals. Psalms 17:14. _Men which have their portion in this life,_ a...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 17:1. This is an individual lament, dealing especially with cases in which a person considers himself unjustly accused of wrong (compare Psalms 7:1
INTRODUCTION “David pours forth to God in this psalm an earnest prayer for deliverance from his inveterate enemies, who were bent on taking away his life. We find in it his opinion of the character of...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is termed "a prayer"—"a Prayer of David." It consists, no doubt, mainly of a series of petitions (Psalms 17:1, Psalms 17:2, Psalms 17:6,...
The seventeenth psalm is another prayer of David. And it is, again, one of those prayers where David is sort of pleading his own cause, his own righteousness before the Lord. Hear the right, O LORD,...
Daniel 9:17; Isaiah 37:17; Isaiah 37:20; Psalms 116:2; Psalms 13:3;...