| Ps 17:1 | David, in confidence of his integrity, craves defence of God against his enemies. |
| Ps 17:1 | ¶ A Prayer of David. Hear2 the right3, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips4. |
| Ps 17:2 | Let my5 sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things6 that are equal. |
Ps 17:3
•LIFE-DEATH
•TESTS, SPIRITUAL | Thou hast proved7 mine heart; thou hast8 visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt9 find nothing; I am10 purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. |
| Ps 17:4 | Concerning the works11 of men, by the word12 of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer13. |
| Ps 17:5 | Hold14 up my goings in thy paths, that15 my footsteps slip not16. |
| Ps 17:6 | I have17 called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline18 thine ear unto me, and hear] my speech. |
Ps 17:7
•LOVINGKINDNESS | Shew19 thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest20 by thy21 right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. |
Ps 17:8
•BATTLE OF LIFE
•WINGS, GOD'S, FIGURATIVE | ¶ Keep me as the apple22 of the eye, hide23 me under the shadow of thy wings, |
| Ps 17:9 | From the wicked that oppress me,24 from my deadly enemies25, who compass me about. |
| Ps 17:10 | He shews their pride, craft, and eagerness. |
Ps 17:10
•PROSPERITY-ADVERSITY | ¶ They are26 inclosed in their own fat: with27 their mouth they speak proudly. |
| Ps 17:11 | They have now compassed28 us in our steps: they have set29 their eyes bowing down to the earth; |
Ps 17:12
•ANIMALS | Like30 as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking31 in secret places. |
| Ps 17:13 | He prays against them in confidence of his hope. |
| Ps 17:13 | Arise32, O LORD, disappoint him33, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy34 sword: |
| Ps 17:14 | From men which are35 thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion36 in this life, and whose belly37 thou fillest with thy hid38 treasure: they are full39 of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. |
Ps 17:15
•BLINDNESS-VISION
•DESIRE-SATISFACTION | As40 for me, I will41 behold thy face in righteousness: I shall42 be satisfied, when I awake43, with44 thy likeness. |
