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Psalms 17

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Part of Book I📖 Psalms introduction

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1O Lord, hear my plea for justice. Listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, for it comes from honest lips. ✦ 2Declare me innocent, for you see those who do right. ✦ 3You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night. You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong. I am determined not to sin in what I say. ✦ 4I have followed your commands, which keep me from following cruel and evil people. ✦ 5My steps have stayed on your path; I have not wavered from following you. ✦ 6I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God. Bend down and listen as I pray. ✦ 7Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways. By your mighty power you rescue those who seek refuge from their enemies. ✦ 8Guard me as you would guard your own eyes. Hide me in the shadow of your wings. ✦ 9Protect me from wicked people who attack me, from murderous enemies who surround me. ✦ 10They are without pity. Listen to their boasting! ✦ 11They track me down and surround me, watching for the chance to throw me to the ground. ✦ 12They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart— like young lions hiding in ambush. ✦ 13Arise, O Lord! Stand against them, and bring them to their knees! Rescue me from the wicked with your sword! ✦ 14By the power of your hand, O Lord, destroy those who look to this world for their reward. But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones. May their children have plenty, leaving an inheritance for their descendants. ✦ 15Because I am righteous, I will see you. When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied. ✦

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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

    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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