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World English Bible

Psalm 17 (WEBP)

[1] Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
[2] Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
[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.
[4] As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
[5] My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
[6] I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
[7] Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
[8] Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
[9] from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
[10] They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
[11] They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
[12] He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
[13] Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
[14] from men by your hand, Yahweh, 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.
[15] As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 17 (KJVS)

[1] Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
[2] Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
[3] Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
[4] Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
[5] Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
[6] I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
[7] Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee From those that rise up against them.
[8] Keep me as the apple of the eye, Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
[9] From the wicked that oppress me, From my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
[10] They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
[11] They have now compassed us in our steps: They have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
[12] Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
[13] Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
[14] From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, Which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: They are full of children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
[15] As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Psalm 17:1 Heb. justice
Psalm 17:5 Heb. be not moved
Psalm 17:9a Heb. that waste me
Psalm 17:9b Heb. my enemies against the soul
Psalm 17:12a Heb. The likeness of him (i. of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin
Psalm 17:12b Heb. sitting
Psalm 17:13a Heb. prevent his face
Psalm 17:13b Or, by thy sword
Psalm 17:14a Or, from men by thine hand
Psalm 17:14b Or, their children are full

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 17 (BYZ)

[1] Προσευχὴ () τοῦ () Δαυιδ. () Εἰσάκουσον, () κύριε, () τῆς () δικαιοσύνης () μου, () πρόσχες () τῇ () δεήσει () μου, () ἐνώτισαι () τῆς () προσευχῆς () μου () οὐκ () ἐν () χείλεσιν () δολίοις. ()
[2] Ἐκ () προσώπου () σου () τὸ () κρίμα () μου () ἐξέλθοι, () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () μου () ἰδέτωσαν () εὐθύτητας. ()
[3] Ἐδοκίμασας () τὴν () καρδίαν () μου, () ἐπεσκέψω () νυκτός· () ἐπύρωσάς () με, () καὶ () οὐχ () εὑρέθη () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () ἀδικία. ()
[4] Ὅπως () ἂν () μὴ () λαλήσῃ () τὸ () στόμα () μου () τὰ () ἔργα () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων, () διὰ () τοὺς () λόγους () τῶν () χειλέων () σου () ἐγὼ () ἐφύλαξα () ὁδοὺς () σκληράς. ()
[5] Κατάρτισαι () τὰ () διαβήματά μου () ἐν () ταῖς () τρίβοις () σου, () ἵνα () μὴ () σαλευθῶσιν () τὰ () διαβήματά μου. ()
[6] Ἐγὼ () ἐκέκραξα, () ὅτι () ἐπήκουσάς () μου, () ὁ () θεός· () κλῖνον () τὸ () οὖς () σου () ἐμοὶ () καὶ () εἰσάκουσον () τῶν () ῥημάτων () μου. ()
[7] Θαυμάστωσον τὰ () ἐλέη () σου, () ὁ () σῴζων () τοὺς () ἐλπίζοντας () ἐπὶ () σὲ () ἐκ () τῶν () ἀνθεστηκότων () τῇ () δεξιᾷ () σου. ()
[8] Φύλαξόν () με () ὡς () κόραν ὀφθαλμοῦ· () ἐν () σκέπῃ τῶν () πτερύγων () σου () σκεπάσεις με ()
[9] ἀπὸ () προσώπου () ἀσεβῶν () τῶν () ταλαιπωρησάντων () με. () Οἱ () ἐχθροί () μου () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () περιέσχον· ()
[10] τὸ () στέαρ αὐτῶν () συνέκλεισαν, () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτῶν () ἐλάλησεν () ὑπερηφανίαν. ()
[11] Ἐκβάλλοντές () με () νυνὶ () περιεκύκλωσάν () με, () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμοὺς () αὐτῶν () ἔθεντο () ἐκκλῖναι () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ. ()
[12] Ὑπέλαβόν () με () ὡσεὶ () λέων () ἕτοιμος () εἰς () θήραν () καὶ () ὡσεὶ () σκύμνος οἰκῶν () ἐν () ἀποκρύφοις. ()
[13] Ἀνάστηθι, () κύριε, () πρόφθασον () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ὑποσκέλισον αὐτούς, () ῥῦσαι () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἀπὸ () ἀσεβοῦς, () ῥομφαίαν () σου () ἀπὸ () ἐχθρῶν () τῆς () χειρός () σου. ()
[14] Κύριε, () ἀπὸ () ὀλίγων () ἀπὸ () γῆς () διαμέρισον () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τῇ () ζωῇ () αὐτῶν. () Καὶ () τῶν () κεκρυμμένων () σου () ἐπλήσθη () ἡ () γαστὴρ () αὐτῶν, () ἐχορτάσθησαν () υἱῶν () καὶ () ἀφῆκαν () τὰ () κατάλοιπα () τοῖς () νηπίοις () αὐτῶν. ()
[15] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἐν () δικαιοσύνῃ () ὀφθήσομαι () τῷ () προσώπῳ () σου, () χορτασθήσομαι () ἐν () τῷ () ὀφθῆναι () τὴν () δόξαν () σου. ()

Psalm 17:1 Originally verse 16:1.
Psalm 17:2 Originally verse 16:2.
Psalm 17:3 Originally verse 16:3.
Psalm 17:4 Originally verse 16:4.
Psalm 17:5 Originally verse 16:5.
Psalm 17:6 Originally verse 16:6.
Psalm 17:7 Originally verse 16:7.
Psalm 17:8 Originally verse 16:8.
Psalm 17:9 Originally verse 16:9.
Psalm 17:10 Originally verse 16:10.
Psalm 17:11 Originally verse 16:11.
Psalm 17:12 Originally verse 16:12.
Psalm 17:13 Originally verse 16:13.
Psalm 17:14 Originally verse 16:14.
Psalm 17:15 Originally verse 16:15.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.