Parallel Verses English Standard Version Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! King James Bible 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. American Standard Version Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Douay-Rheims Bible The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips. English Revised Version 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. Webster's Bible Translation A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Psalm 17:1 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe measuring lines (הבלים) are cast (Micah 2:5) and fall to any one just where and as far as his property is assigned to him; so that נפל חבל (Joshua 17:5) is also said of the falling to any one of his allotted portion of land. נעמים (according to the Masora defective as also in Psalm 16:11 נעמות) is a pluralet., the plural that is used to denote a unity in the circumstances, and a similarity in the relations of time and space, Ges. ֗108, 2, a; and it signifies both pleasant circumstances, Job 36:11, and, as here, a pleasant locality, Lat. amaena (to which נעמות in Psalm 16:11, more strictly corresponds). The lines have fallen to him in a charming district, viz., in the pleasurable fellowship of God, this most blessed domain of love has become his paradisaic possession. With אף he rises from the fact to the perfect contentment which it secures to him: such a heritage seems to him to be fair, he finds a source of inward pleasure and satisfaction in it. נחלת - according to Ew. 173, d, lengthened from the construct form נהלת (like נגינת Psalm 61:1); according to Hupfeld, springing from נחלתי (by the same apocope that is so common in Syriac, perhaps like אמרתּ Psalm 16:1 from אמרתּי) just like זמרת Exodus 15:2 - is rather, since in the former view there is no law for the change of vowel and such an application of the form as we find in Psalm 60:13 (Psalm 108:13) is opposed to the latter, a stunted form of נחלתה: the heritage equals such a heritage pleases me, lit., seems fair to me (שׁפר, cognate root ספר, צפר, cognate in meaning בשׂר, Arab. bs̆r, to rub, polish, make shining, intr. שׁפר to be shining, beautiful). עלי of beauty known and felt by him (cf. Esther 3:9 with 1 Samuel 25:36 טוב עליו, and the later way of expressing it Daniel 3:32). But since the giver and the gift are one and the same, the joy he has in the inheritance becomes of itself a constant thanksgiving to and blessing of the Giver, that He (אשׁר quippe qui) has counselled him (Psalm 73:24) to choose the one thing needful, the good part. Even in the night-seasons his heart keeps watch, even then his reins admonish him (יסּר, here of moral incitement, as in Isaiah 8:11, to warn). The reins are conceived of as the seat of the blessed feeling that Jahve is his possession (vid., Psychol. S. 268; tr. p. 316). He is impelled from within to offer hearth-felt thanks to his merciful and faithful God. He has Jahve always before him, Jahve is the point towards which he constantly directs his undiverted gaze; and it is easy for him to have Him thus ever present, for He is מימיני (supply הוּא, as in Psalm 22:29; Psalm 55:20; Psalm 112:4), at my right hand (i.e., where my right hand begins, close beside me), so that he has no need to draw upon his power of imagination. The words בּל־אמּוט, without any conjunction, express the natural effect of this, both in consciousness and in reality: he will not and cannot totter, he will not yield and be overthrown. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A.M. 2942 B.C. 1062 Psalm 86:1 Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. Psalm 142:1 I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD did I make my supplication. Hear 1 John 3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. the right [Heb.] justice Psalm 5:2 Listen to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for to you will I pray. Psalm 55:2,3 Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise... Psalm 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. Psalm 66:19 But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. not [out of feigned lips] [Heb.] without lips of deceit Psalm 145:18 The LORD is near to all them that call on him, to all that call on him in truth. Cross References 2 Chronicles 6:40 Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place. Psalm 9:4 For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment. Psalm 61:1 Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; Psalm 88:2 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! Psalm 142:6 Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me! Isaiah 29:13 And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men, Jump to Previous Attend Attention Cause Cry David Deceit Deceitful Ear Ears Feigned Free Goes Hear Heed Lips Plea Prayer Right RighteousJump to Next Attend Attention Cause Cry David Deceit Deceitful Ear Ears Feigned Free Goes Hear Heed Lips Plea Prayer Right RighteousLinks Psalm 17:1 NIVPsalm 17:1 NLT Psalm 17:1 ESV Psalm 17:1 NASB Psalm 17:1 KJV Psalm 17:1 Bible Apps Psalm 17:1 Biblia Paralela Psalm 17:1 Chinese Bible Psalm 17:1 French Bible Psalm 17:1 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |