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Psalms 17

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1Hear a just cause, O Lord, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips. ✦ 2Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright. ✦ 3You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. ✦ 4Concerning the works of men, By the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer. ✦ 5Uphold my steps in Your paths, That my footsteps may not slip. ✦ 6I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech. ✦ 7Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust in You From those who rise up against them. ✦ 8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings, ✦ 9From the wicked who oppress me, From my deadly enemies who surround me. ✦ 10They have closed up their fat hearts; With their mouths they speak proudly. ✦ 11They have now surrounded us in our steps; They have set their eyes, crouching down to the earth, ✦ 12As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a young lion lurking in secret places. ✦ 13Arise, O Lord, Confront him, cast him down; Deliver my life from the wicked with Your sword, ✦ 14With Your hand from men, O Lord, From men of the world who have their portion in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure. They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their possession for their babes. ✦ 15As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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.

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  • 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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  • 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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