I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.
Psalm 17:1 - King James 2000 [A prayer of David.] Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goes 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. |
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.
Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you now, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
Hide not your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline your ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
[A maschil of David. A prayer when he was in the cave.] I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
[A Psalm of David.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness.
The LORD is near unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto you will I pray.
He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many against me.
[To the Chief Musician upon neginah, a Psalm of David.] Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto you, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
But verily God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me.
[A Prayer of David.] Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draws near unto the grave.
Therefore the Lord said, Since this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned unto me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says the LORD.
These people draw near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Beloved, if our heart condemns us not, then have we confidence toward God.