Psalms 17:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.

KJV

Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.the right: Heb. justicenot…: Heb. without lips of deceit

WEB

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

ASV

Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

LSV

A PRAYER OF DAVID. Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend my cry, || Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.

YLT

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.

DBY

Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

DRC16:1

The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.

GNV

The prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lord, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained.

JPS

A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer from lips without deceit.

LXXE16:1

A Prayer of David. Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.Or, to my righteous plea, etc.

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WLC

תְּפִלָּ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥ד שִׁמְעָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ צֶ֗דֶק הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה רִנָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה תְפִלָּתִ֑י בְּ֝לֹ֗א שִׂפְתֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃KJV:Ps.17.1

LXX-Br16:1

Προσευχὴ τοῦ Δαυίδ. Εἰσάκουσον Κύριε τῆς δικαιοσύνης μου, πρόσχες τῇ δεήσει μου· ἐνώτισαι τὴν προσευχήν μου οὐκ ἐν χείλεσι δολίοις.

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• 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 61:1Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
• Matthew 15:8‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
• Daniel 9:18–19Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great…
• 1 John 3:21Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
• Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
• Psalms 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
• Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
• Psalms 66:19But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
• Psalms 86:1Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
• Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
• Psalms 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
• 2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
• 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 5:2Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

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