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Psalms 17:1 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Psalms 17:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 17 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Hear a Just Cause, O Lord
“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. the right: Heb. justice not: Heb. without lips of deceit”
Psalms 17:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Psalms 17:1
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. David opens this psalm with an urgent, threefold appeal for divine attention: "Hear," "attend," and "give ear." This rhetorical intensification—using three imperatives with three synonyms for prayer (tsedeq, "the right"; rinnah, "cry"; tefillah, "prayer")—expresses the psalmist's passionate desire to be heard by God."Hear the right" (shim'ah tsedeq, שִׁמְעָה צֶדֶק) is striking. David does not merely ask God to hear him but to hear "the right" or "righteousness." The Hebrew tsedeq can mean r...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 17:1
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“for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors”
“God. Listen to my prayer.”
“to all who call on him in truth.”
“if our hearts don't condemn us”
“turn your ear”
“and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”
“Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;,Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:, וַיֹּאמֶר אֲדֹנָי יַעַן כִּי נִגַּשׁ הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּפִיו וּבִשְׂפָתָיו כִּבְּדוּנִי וְלִבּוֹ רִחַק מִמֶּנִּי וַתְּהִי יִרְאָתָם אֹתִי מִצְוַת אֲנָשִׁים מְלֻמָּדָה׃ ,And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near, And with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me, But have removed their heart far from Me, And their fear of Me is a command-ment of men learned by rote;,καὶ δοθήσεται τὸ βιβλίον τοῦτο εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπου μὴ ἐπισταμένου γράμματα καὶ ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ ἀνάγνωθι τοῦτο καὶ ἐρεῖ οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι γράμματα,And the Lord has said, This people draw nigh to me with their mouth, and they honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me: but in vain do they worship me, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men.,,,,”
“Yahweh”
“God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.”
“Yahweh”