Psalm 17:2
New International Version
Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.

New Living Translation
Declare me innocent, for you see those who do right.

English Standard Version
From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!

Berean Standard Bible
May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.

King James Bible
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

New King James Version
Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.

New American Standard Bible
Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with integrity.

NASB 1995
Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with equity.

NASB 1977
Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence; Let Thine eyes look with equity.

Legacy Standard Bible
May my judgment come from Your presence; May Your eyes behold what is upright.

Amplified Bible
Let my verdict of vindication come from Your presence; May Your eyes look with equity and behold things that are just.

Christian Standard Bible
Let my vindication come from you, for you see what is right.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let my vindication come from You, for You see what is right.

American Standard Version
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
My judgment will come forth from before you and your eyes will see integrity.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.

Contemporary English Version
Only you can say that I am innocent, because only your eyes can see the truth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.

English Revised Version
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes look upon equity.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Let the verdict of my innocence come directly from you. Let your eyes observe what is fair.

Good News Translation
You will judge in my favor, because you know what is right.

International Standard Version
Justice for me will come from your presence; your eyes see what is right.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence; Let Thine eyes behold equity.

Literal Standard Version
My judgment goes out from before You; Your eyes see uprightly.

Majority Standard Bible
May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.

New American Bible
From you let my vindication come; your eyes see what is right.

NET Bible
Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!

New Revised Standard Version
From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right.

New Heart English Bible
Let my sentence come forth from your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal.

World English Bible
Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.

Young's Literal Translation
From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

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Context
Hear My Righteous Plea
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. 2May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right. 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.…

Cross References
Psalm 98:9
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 99:4
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Psalm 103:6
The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.


Treasury of Scripture

Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.

Let my

Psalm 37:6,33
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday…

2 Thessalonians 1:6-9
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; …

Jude 1:24
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

things

Ezekiel 18:25,29
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? …

Ezekiel 33:17,20
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal…

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Psalm 17
1. David, in confidence of his integrity, craves defense of God against his enemies
10. He shows their pride, craft, and eagerness
13. He prays against them in confidence of his hope














(2) Let my sentence--i.e., let my cause be tried before Thy tribunal, where it is sure of success, since I am innocent and Thou art just. The second clause is better in the present, "Thine eyes behold," &c.

The things that are equal.--Heb., meysharim, which may be either abstract, rectitude, or concrete, the just (Song of Solomon 1:4, Note), or adverbial, justly.

Verse 2. - Let my sentence come forth from thy presence. David does not doubt, any more than Job (Job 13:18), what the sentence will be. As right is on his side (ver. 1), it must be in his favour. Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal; literally, Let thine eyes behold equities.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May my vindication
מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י (miš·pā·ṭî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

come
יֵצֵ֑א (yê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from Your presence;
מִ֭לְּפָנֶיךָ (mil·lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

may Your eyes
עֵ֝ינֶ֗יךָ (‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

see
תֶּחֱזֶ֥ינָה (te·ḥĕ·ze·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of

what is right.
מֵישָׁרִֽים׃ (mê·šā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4339: Evenness, prosperity, concord, straightness, rectitude


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