Psalm 17:1 - American Standard Version 2015 {\b A Prayer of David.}\par\par\tab Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry;\par\tab Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HEAR THE right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips. American Standard Version (1901) Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Common English Bible Listen to what’s right, LORD; pay attention to my cry! Listen closely to my prayer; it’s spoken by lips that don’t lie! Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. For David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke the words of this canticle to the Lord, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. |
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:
Although there is no violence in my hands,\par\tab And my prayer is pure.\par
Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress:\par\tab Incline thine ear unto me;\par\tab In the day when I call answer me speedily.
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted,\par\tab And justice for the needy.
{\b Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.}\par\par\tab I cry with my voice unto Jehovah;\par\tab With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
Attend unto my cry;\par\tab For I am brought very low:\par\tab Deliver me from my persecutors;\par\tab For they are stronger than I.
{\b A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications:\par\tab In thy faithfulness answer me, {\i and} in thy righteousness.
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him,\par\tab To all that call upon him in truth.
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness;\par\tab According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me;\par\tab The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:\par\tab Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God;\par\tab For unto thee do I pray.
Behold, God is my helper:\par\tab The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.
He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me;\par\tab For they were many {\i that strove} with me.
{\b For the Chief Musician; on a stringed instrument. {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Hear my cry, O God;\par\tab Attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed:\par\tab Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
But verily God hath heard;\par\tab He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples:\par\tab Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
Behold, O God our shield,\par\tab And look upon the face of thine anointed.
{\b A Prayer of David.}\par\par\tab Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me;\par\tab For I am poor and needy.
Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer;\par\tab And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.
For my soul is full of troubles,\par\tab And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh {\i unto me}, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught {\i them};
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.\par
{\b This people honoreth me with their lips;\par\tab But their heart is far from me.}
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, {\cf6 Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!}