Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 17:1
"A Prayer of David." Hear (a) the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.
(a) My righteous cause.
"A Prayer of David." Hear (a) the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.
(a) My righteous cause.
PSALM XVII _David implores the succour of God against his enemies; and_ _professes his integrity and determination to live to God's_ _glory_, 1. _He prays for support, and expresses strong confide...
HEAR THE RIGHT - Margin, as in Hebrew, “justice.” The prayer is, that God would regard that which was “right” in the case, or that he would vindicate the psalmist from that which was wrong. It is the...
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...
TITLE. PRAYER. Hebrew. _Tephillah._ One of five Psalms so called (17; 86; 90; 102; 142). See App-63. It is. prayer of Messiah, the true David; in view of Psalms 16:6, Compare Psalms 17:15. HEAR... AT...
_the right_ Lit. _righteousness_or _justice_. With a righteous cause and a just appeal (Psalms 7:8) the Psalmist appears before the righteous Judge (Psalms 7:17; Psalms 9:4;...
An appeal for justice....
_David, in confidence of his integrity, asketh defence of God, against his enemies: he sheweth their pride, craft, and eagerness: he prayeth against them in confidence of his hope._ A Prayer of David...
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,...
_HEAR THE RIGHT, O LORD, ATTEND UNTO MY CRY, GIVE EAR UNTO MY PRAYER, THAT GOETH NOT OUT OF FEIGNED LIPS._ Psalms 17:1.-The grounds on which David rests his prayer-the righteousness of his cause; his...
17:1 right, (a-7) Strictly, 'righteousness'...
FEIGNED] false, insincere....
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...
HEAR THE RIGHT. — Or (see margin), _justice._ Some ancient versions read, “Hear, Lord of righteousness.” Others make it concrete: “Hear me, the righteous; “but the Authorised Version has the true sens...
תְּפִלָּ֗ה לְ דָ֫וִ֥ד שִׁמְעָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ צֶ֗דֶק...
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...
This title is almost wholly taken from the book of Kings, except Unto the end for; instead of which we read, And David spoke, &c., [2 Kings xxii.] (Haydock) which are the words of the inspired writer;...
As none but Jesus could ever make appeal in the justice of his cause, so it is blessed to discover him in this sweet prayer. Reader, you and I may, in his righteousness, look up to that God, who is an...
CONTENTS The Psalmist is here again at the mercy-seat, pleading his cause against the ungodly. In a tried God, who had before manifested his faithfulness, he now confides, and closeth with the assura...
1._Hear my righteousness, O Jehovah. _The Psalmist begins the psalm by setting forth the goodness of his cause. He does this because God has promised that he will not suffer the innocent to be oppress...
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...
HEAR THE RIGHT, O LORD,.... The psalmist appeals to the Lord as a Judge, sitting on the throne judging right, that he would hear his cause litigated between him and his adversaries, determine and give...
__ Psalms 17:1 _« A Prayer of David. » Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips._ A Prayer of David] He was a man of prayer; but this...
_Hear the right, O Lord_ Hebrew, צדק, _tzedek, righteousness_, that is, my righteous cause, or me, who, notwithstanding all their accusations, and slanders, am righteous in my conduct toward them and...
THE BELIEVER TAKES HIS REFUGE IN GOD. Every true believer is a poor sinner in the sight of God, knowing that his natural sinfulness will not permit justifying himself before the tribunal of divine jus...
Hear the right, O Lord, listening as the believer presents the argument of his righteousness, ATTEND UNTO MY CRY, his loud and importunate call; GIVE EAR UNTO MY PRAYER, THAT GOETH NOT OUT OF FEIGNED...
THE RIGHT: _ Heb._ justice NOT OUT OF FAINTED LIPS: _ Heb._ without lips of deceit...
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...
PSALM 17 David being now grievously persecuted and distressed by Saul and other enemies, and being also bespattered with many calumnies, he appeals to the heart-searching God, makes a solemn protestat...
Psalms 17:1 Prayer H8605 David H1732 Hear H8085 (H8798) cause H6664 LORD H3068 Attend H7181 (H8685) cry...
‘A Prayer of David.' A further psalm from the Davidic psalms. Psalms 17:1 ‘Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend to my cry, Give ear to my prayer, which goes not out of deceitful lips. Let my verdi...
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...
_Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry,.. .that goeth not out of feigned lips._ CONSCIOUS SINCERITY The Psalmist is quite sure that he himself is sincere. The verses which follow seem to be a ki...
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,...
1 John 3:21; 2 Chronicles 7:15; Daniel 9:18; Daniel 9:19; Jeremiah 3:1
The right — Regard my righteous cause....