Psalms 17:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.”
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“Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear <FI>to<Fi> my prayer, without lips of deceit.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 17:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 22:24And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
- 2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
- Nehemiah 1:6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
- Job 16:17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- Psalms 5:2Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
- Psalms 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Psalms 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
- Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Psalms 54:4Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
- Psalms 55:2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
- Psalms 55:18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
- Psalms 61:1Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
- Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- Psalms 66:19But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
- Psalms 84:9Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
- Psalms 86:1Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
- Psalms 86:6Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
- Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
- Psalms 102:2Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Psalms 142:1I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
- Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- Psalms 143:1O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
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