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1A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Psalms 17:1

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

  • To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

  • O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. …

  • Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

  • This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

This psalm is a prayer. As there is a time to weep and a time to rejoice, so there is a time for praise and a time for prayer. David was now persecuted, probably by Saul, who hunted him like a partridge on the mountains; without were fightings, within were fears, and both urged him as a suppliant to the throne of mercy. He addresses himself to God in these verses both by way of appeal ( Hear the r…

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