Chapter 17
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
A. M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.)
Hear
7:8 18:20 43:1 140:12 1 John 3:21
the right
Heb. justice. attend.
5:2 55:2,3 61:1 66:19 142:6 2 Chronicles 7:15 Nehemiah 1:6 Daniel 9:18,19
not out of feigned lips
Heb. without lips of deceit.
18:44 *marg:; 145:18 Jeremiah 3:10 Matthew 15:8 John 1:47
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Let my
37:6,33 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9 Jude 1:24
things
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
proved
11:5 26:2 66:10 139:1 Job 23:10 Zechariah 13:9 Malachi 3:2 1 Corinthians 4:4 1 Peter 1:7
thou hast
16:7 Job 24:14 Hosea 7:6 Micah 2:1 Acts 16:9 18:9,10
shalt
7:4 44:17-21 1 Samuel 24:10,12 26:11,23 2 Corinthians 1:12
I am
39:1 119:106 Proverbs 13:3 Acts 11:23 James 3:2
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
works
14:1-3 Genesis 6:5,11 Job 15:16 31:33 1 Corinthians 3:3 1 Peter 4:2,3
word
119:9-11 Proverbs 2:10-15 Matthew 4:4,7,10 John 17:17 Ephesians 6:17 James 1:18 Revelation 12:11
destroyer
1 Peter 5:8 Revelation 9:11 *marg:
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Hold
119:116,117,133 121:3,7 1 Samuel 2:9 Jeremiah 10:23
that
slip not
Heb. be not moved.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
I have
incline
13:3,4 Isaiah 37:17,20 Daniel 9:17-19
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
Shew
31:21 78:12 Romans 5:20,21 Revelation 15:3
savest, etc
or, savest them which trust in thee, from those that rise up against thy right hand.
5:11,12 10:12-16 1 Samuel 17:45-57 25:28,29 2 Kings 19:22,34 2 Chronicles 16:9
by thy
20:6 44:3 60:5 Exodus 15:6 Isaiah 41:10 Acts 2:33
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
apple
Deuteronomy 32:10 Proverbs 7:2 Zechariah 2:8
hide
36:7 57:1 61:4 63:7 91:1,4 Ruth 2:12 Matthew 23:37 Luke 13:34
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
oppress me
Heb. waste.
deadly enemies
Heb. enemies against the soul.
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
They are
73:7-9 119:70 Deuteronomy 32:15 Job 15:27 Isaiah 6:10 Matthew 13:15 Acts 28:27
with
12:3,4 31:18 123:4 Exodus 5:2 15:9 1 Samuel 2:3 2 Peter 2:18 Revelation 13:5,6
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
compassed
set
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Like, etc
Heb. The likeness of him, (that is, of every one of them,) is as a lion that desireth to ravin.
7:2 22:13 2 Timothy 4:17 1 Peter 5:8
lurking
Heb. sitting.
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Arise
3:7 7:6 44:23,26 119:126 Isaiah 51:9
disappoint him
Heb. prevent his face. which is. or, by.
thy
Isaiah 10:5,15 13:5 37:26 Habakkuk 1:12 Acts 4:28
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
which are
or, by. men of.
Luke 16:8 John 8:23 15:19 17:14 1 John 4:4,5
portion
49:17-19 73:12 Luke 12:19-21 16:25 James 5:5
belly
hid
they are full, etc
or, their children are full. leave.
39:6 Job 21:21 27:14-17 Luke 16:27,28
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
As
I will
4:6 119:111 Job 19:26,27 2 Corinthians 3:18
I shall
16:11 36:8,9 65:4 Matthew 5:6 Revelation 7:16,17 21:3,4,23
I awake
49:14 Job 14:12 Isaiah 26:19 Matthew 27:52,53