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Psalms Chapter 17

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Psalms

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The psalmist praises God for his fairness and just judgments, expressing deep gratitude for God’s goodness. He declares that God’s ways are fair and his judgments are just, and he will sing a new song to honor him. The passage highlights God’s righteousness and the psalmist’s trust in his protection.

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(1) A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
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Psalms 86:1Psalms 142:1Psalms 7:8Psalms 18:20Psalms 43:1Psalms 140:12I John 3:21Psalms 5:2Psalms 55:2Psalms 55:3Psalms 61:1Psalms 66:19

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I Kings 8:28II Chronicles 6:19Psalms 102:1Nehemiah 1:11Psalms 39:12Psalms 61:1

(2) Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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Psalms 37:6Psalms 37:33II Thessalonians 1:6II Thessalonians 1:7II Thessalonians 1:8II Thessalonians 1:9Jude 1:24Ezekiel 18:25Ezekiel 18:29Ezekiel 33:17Ezekiel 33:20

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II Samuel 16:19

(3) Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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Psalms 11:5Psalms 26:2Psalms 66:10Psalms 139:1Job 23:10Zechariah 13:9Malachi 3:2I Corinthians 4:4I Peter 1:7Psalms 16:7Job 24:14Hosea 7:6

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Ecclesiastes 8:17Psalms 66:10

(4) Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
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Psalms 14:1Psalms 14:2Psalms 14:3Genesis 6:5Genesis 6:11Job 15:16Job 31:33I Corinthians 3:3I Peter 4:2I Peter 4:3Psalms 119:9Psalms 119:10

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Numbers 30:12Isaiah 59:6Galatians 2:16James 2:18

(5) Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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Psalms 119:116Psalms 119:117Psalms 119:133Psalms 121:3Psalms 121:7I Samuel 2:9Jeremiah 10:23Psalms 18:36Psalms 38:16Psalms 94:18

(6) I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
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Psalms 55:16Psalms 66:19Psalms 66:20Psalms 116:2Psalms 13:3Psalms 13:4Isaiah 37:17Isaiah 37:20Daniel 9:17Daniel 9:18Daniel 9:19

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Exodus 15:26II Kings 8:12Psalms 10:17

(7) Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
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Psalms 31:21Psalms 78:12Romans 5:20Romans 5:21Revelation 15:3Psalms 5:11Psalms 5:12Psalms 10:12Psalms 10:13Psalms 10:14Psalms 10:15Psalms 10:16

(8) Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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Deuteronomy 32:10Proverbs 7:2Zechariah 2:8Psalms 36:7Psalms 57:1Psalms 61:4Psalms 63:7Psalms 91:1Psalms 91:4Ruth 2:12Matthew 23:37Luke 13:34

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Luke 6:42Zechariah 5:9Deuteronomy 19:21Luke 11:34

(9) From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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I Chronicles 17:9Psalms 7:5Psalms 35:4Psalms 35:7Psalms 35:12I Samuel 24:11

(10) They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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Psalms 73:7Psalms 73:8Psalms 73:9Psalms 119:70Deuteronomy 32:15Job 15:27Isaiah 6:10Matthew 13:15Acts 28:27Psalms 12:3Psalms 12:4Psalms 31:18

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Exodus 29:22Leviticus 3:9Leviticus 4:8Leviticus 8:25

(11) They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
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I Samuel 23:26I Samuel 24:2I Samuel 24:3I Samuel 26:2I Samuel 26:3Psalms 10:8Psalms 10:9Psalms 10:10Proverbs 6:13Proverbs 6:14

(12) Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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Psalms 7:2Psalms 22:13II Timothy 4:17I Peter 5:8

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Numbers 23:24Isaiah 31:4Amos 3:4Job 4:10Psalms 91:13Hosea 5:14

(13) Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
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Psalms 3:7Psalms 7:6Psalms 44:23Psalms 44:26Psalms 119:126Isaiah 51:9Psalms 7:11Psalms 7:12Psalms 7:13Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 10:15Isaiah 13:5

(14) From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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Luke 16:8John 8:23John 15:19John 17:14I John 4:4I John 4:5Psalms 49:17Psalms 49:18Psalms 49:19Psalms 73:12Luke 12:19Luke 12:20

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John 15:19Philippians 3:19I Samuel 12:3Ecclesiastes 2:21Isaiah 6:13Jeremiah 30:11

(15) As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
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Psalms 5:7Joshua 24:15Psalms 4:6Psalms 119:111Job 19:26Job 19:27II Corinthians 3:18Psalms 16:11Psalms 36:8Psalms 36:9Psalms 65:4Matthew 5:6

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Judges 5:12Ezekiel 1:26Romans 9:30Romans 10:3Psalms 57:8Isaiah 51:9

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