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Psalms 17

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Part of Book I📖 Psalms introduction

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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. ✦ 4As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. ✦ 5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped. ✦ 6I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words. ✦ 7Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes. ✦ 8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings ✦ 9from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. ✦ 10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance. ✦ 11They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground, ✦ 12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush. ✦ 13Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword, ✦ 14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children. ✦ 15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 119 ·7Ps 7 ·6Ps 44 ·51 Sam 24 ·4Ps 66 ·3Ps 37 ·3Matt 4 ·3Ps 5 ·3

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 17 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 17David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 17Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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