1 The prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lord, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence, and let thine eyes beholde equitie. 3 Thou hast prooued and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my mouth should not offend. 4 Concerning the workes of men, by the wordes of thy lips I kept mee from the paths of the cruell man. 5 Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feete doe not slide. 6 I haue called vpon thee: surely thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare to me, and hearken vnto my wordes. 7 Shewe thy marueilous mercies, thou that art the Sauiour of them that trust in thee, from such as resist thy right hand. 8 Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide me vnder the shadowe of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppresse mee, from mine enemies, which compasse me round about for my soule. 10 They are inclosed in their owne fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth. 11 They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground: 12 Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places. 13 Vp Lord, disappoint him: cast him downe: deliuer my soule from the wicked with thy sworde, 14 From men by thine hand, O Lord, from men of the world, who haue their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thine hid treasure: their children haue ynough, and leaue the rest of their substance for their children. 15 But I will beholde thy face in righteousnes, and when I awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image.
Psalm 17 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Original 16th-century spelling.
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 142:6; Psalm 61:1; Psalm 145:18; Matthew 15:8; Daniel 9:18–19
- 2 Psalm 37:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9; Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Jude 24
- 3 Job 23:10; Psalm 26:2; Acts 11:23; Psalm 39:1; Malachi 3:2
- 4 1 Peter 5:8; 1 Corinthians 3:3; Psalm 119:9–11; Matthew 4:10; Matthew 4:7
- 5 Psalm 44:18; Psalm 119:133; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 121:7
- 6 Psalm 116:2; Psalm 86:7; Psalm 88:2; Psalm 66:19–20; Psalm 55:16
- 7 Psalm 60:5; Psalm 5:11–12; Psalm 31:21; Psalm 20:6; Isaiah 41:10
- 8 Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 91:1; Proverbs 7:2; Zechariah 2:8
- 9 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:7; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 35:12
- 10 1 Samuel 2:3; Psalm 123:4; Psalm 31:18; Revelation 13:5–6; Matthew 13:15
- 11 Proverbs 6:13–14; Psalm 37:14; Psalm 10:8–10; 1 Samuel 26:2–3; 1 Samuel 23:26
- 12 Psalm 7:2; Psalm 10:9; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:17; Psalm 22:13
- 13 Psalm 3:7; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 7:11–13
- 14 Job 22:18; John 17:14; John 8:23; Psalm 49:17–19; Luke 16:8
- 15 2 Corinthians 3:18; Matthew 5:6; Psalm 16:11; Psalm 11:7; 1 John 3:2–3
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Our King in this Psalm speaks in the character of the human nature He assumed, of whom the royal title at the time of His passion was eminently set forth. 2. Now He saith as follows; "Preserve me, O Lord, for in Thee have I hoped" (ver.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The same form of speech is found in the psalm: "I have called upon Thee, for Thou hast heard me, O God," where we should expect it to be said, Thou hast heard me, O God, for I have called upon Thee.
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Some have thought that God is fire; others that He is, as it were, a man with wings, because of a true text ill understood, Thou shalt hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.
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… supposed from such language that man in the form of this flesh is made in the image of God, wings also are ascribed to Him, which man has not at all; and it is said to God, "Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings," that men may understand that such things are said of that ineffable nature not in …
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Whence it is said in the Psalms, "Keep me under the shadow of Thy wings." But as to others who in the day of judgment shall repent, but all too late, and who shall mourn, yet unavailingly, it hath been foretold by Wisdom what they shall then say as they repent and groan for anguish of spirit, "What hath pride …
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