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Psalms 17

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1Hear a just cause, Lord, give Your attention to my cry; Listen to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. ✦ 2Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with integrity. ✦ 3You have put my heart to the test; You have visited me by night; You have sifted me and You find nothing; My intent is that my mouth will not offend. ✦ 4As for the works of mankind, by the word of Your lips I have kept from the ways of the violent. ✦ 5My steps have held to Your paths. My feet have not slipped. ✦ 6¶I have called upon You, for You will answer me, God; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech. ✦ 7Show Your wonderful faithfulness, Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand From those who rise up against them. ✦ 8Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings ✦ 9From the wicked who deal violently with me, My deadly enemies who surround me. ✦ 10They have closed their unfeeling hearts, With their mouths they speak proudly. ✦ 11They have now surrounded us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground. ✦ 12He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in secret places. ✦ 13¶Arise, Lord, confront him, make him bow down; Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword, ✦ 14From people by Your hand, Lord, From people of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their abundance to their babies. ✦ 15As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake. ✦

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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.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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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

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