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Psalm 17 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)

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WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 A Prayer by David. Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
1 Oración de David. OYE, oh Jehová, justicia; está atento á mi clamor; escucha mi oración hecha sin labios de engaño.
2 Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
2 De delante de tu rostro salga mi juicio; vean tus ojos la rectitud.
3 You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
3 Tú has probado mi corazón, hasme visitado de noche; me has apurado, y nada inicuo hallaste: heme propuesto que mi boca no ha de propasarse.
4 As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
4 Para las obras humanas, por la palabra de tus labios yo me he guardado de las vías del destructor.
5 My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
5 Sustenta mis pasos en tus caminos, porque mis pies no resbalen.
6 I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
6 Yo te he invocado, por cuanto tú me oirás, oh Dios: inclina á mí tu oído, escucha mi palabra.
7 Show your marvellous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
7 Muestra tus estupendas misericordias, tú que salvas á los que en ti confían de los que se levantan contra tu diestra.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
8 Guárdame como lo negro de la niñeta del ojo, escóndeme con la sombra de tus alas,
9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
9 De delante de los malos que me oprimen, de mis enemigos que me cercan por la vida.
10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
10 Cerrados están con su grosura; con su boca hablan soberbiamente.
11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
11 Nuestros pasos nos han cercado ahora: puestos tienen sus ojos para echar[nos] por tierra.
12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
12 Parecen al león que desea hacer presa, y al leoncillo que está escondido.
13 Arise, LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
13 Levántate, oh Jehová; prevén su encuentro, póstrale: libra mi alma del malo con tu espada;
14 from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
14 De los hombres con tu mano, oh Jehová, de los hombres de mundo, cuya parte es en [esta] vida, y cuyo vientre hinches de tu tesoro: hartan [sus] hijos, y dejan el resto á sus chiquitos.
15 As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
15 Yo en justicia veré tu rostro: seré saciado cuando despertare á tu semejanza.
Cross references (15)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 142:6; Psalm 61:1; Psalm 145:18; Matthew 15:8; Daniel 9:18–19
  2. 2 Psalm 37:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9; Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Jude 24
  3. 3 Job 23:10; Psalm 26:2; Acts 11:23; Psalm 39:1; Malachi 3:2
  4. 4 1 Peter 5:8; 1 Corinthians 3:3; Psalm 119:9–11; Matthew 4:10; Matthew 4:7
  5. 5 Psalm 44:18; Psalm 119:133; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 121:7
  6. 6 Psalm 116:2; Psalm 86:7; Psalm 88:2; Psalm 66:19–20; Psalm 55:16
  7. 7 Psalm 60:5; Psalm 5:11–12; Psalm 31:21; Psalm 20:6; Isaiah 41:10
  8. 8 Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 91:1; Proverbs 7:2; Zechariah 2:8
  9. 9 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:7; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 35:12
  10. 10 1 Samuel 2:3; Psalm 123:4; Psalm 31:18; Revelation 13:5–6; Matthew 13:15
  11. 11 Proverbs 6:13–14; Psalm 37:14; Psalm 10:8–10; 1 Samuel 26:2–3; 1 Samuel 23:26
  12. 12 Psalm 7:2; Psalm 10:9; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:17; Psalm 22:13
  13. 13 Psalm 3:7; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 7:11–13
  14. 14 Job 22:18; John 17:14; John 8:23; Psalm 49:17–19; Luke 16:8
  15. 15 2 Corinthians 3:18; Matthew 5:6; Psalm 16:11; Psalm 11:7; 1 John 3:2–3

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XVI)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 17:6 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XI, Chapters 14–18)

    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.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 17:8 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VI)

    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.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 17:8 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVII, Chapter 4)

    … 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 …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  5. Quotes verse 17:8 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon VIII)

    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 …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)