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Psalm 17:2

New English Translation

Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!

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But the Lord does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.

He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.

“Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?

Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?

“Yet your people say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their behavior that is not right.

Yet you say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right.’ House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.”

Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,