King James Version
Psalms 17:2 in the King James Version says “Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.”
Psalms 17:2 · KJV
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
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“from thy presence”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“Let my sentence”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“come forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“let thine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“behold”
H2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
“the things that are equal”
H4339evenness, i.e., (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e., (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adv
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