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Psalms 17:2
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Let my vindication come from you,for you see what is right.
Let my sentence come forth from your presence; Let your eyes look on equity.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!
You will judge that I am right; your eyes can see what is true.
Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!
Let my verdict of vindication come from Your presence; May Your eyes look with equity and behold things that are just.
Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with integrity.
Let my sentence come forth from your presence; Let your eyes look on equity.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence, and let thine eyes beholde equitie.
May my judgment come from Your presence;May Your eyes behold what is upright.
May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
Only you can say that I am innocent, because only your eyes can see the truth.
Let my vindication come from you, let your eyes see what is right.
Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.
You will make the right decision, because you can see the truth.
Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are just.
Let my vindication come forth from you; let your eyes see fairness.
Let my judgment go out from Your face; Your eyes see uprightly.
Let my sentence come forth fro thy presence, and loke vpon the thinge that is equall.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity.
Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.
Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence; let Thine eyes behold equity.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence: let thine eyes beholde the things that are equall.
Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face: and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie.
Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes look upon equity.
Mi doom come `forth of thi cheer; thin iyen se equite.
Let my sentence come forth from your presence; Let your eyes look at equity.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal.
Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.
Declare me innocent, for you see those who do right.
May You decide in my favor. May Your eyes see what is right.
From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right.
From before thee, let my sentence come forth, Thine eyes, behold with equity.
(16-2) Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.
From thee let my vindication come! Let thy eyes see the right!
From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.
Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with equity.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Let my: Psalms 37:6, Psalms 37:33, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9, Jude 1:24
things: Ezekiel 18:25, Ezekiel 18:29, Ezekiel 33:17, Ezekiel 33:20
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 20:15 - Be not afraid Job 31:6 - Let me be weighed in an even balance Psalms 7:8 - according Psalms 71:2 - in thy
Cross-References
"I am now making my covenant with you and with your descendants,
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth!
Then and there the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, "I promise to give your descendants all this land from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River,
"I make this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many nations.
I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.
I will give to you and to your descendants this land in which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to your descendants forever, and I will be their God."
From now on you must circumcise every baby boy when he is eight days old, including slaves born in your homes and slaves bought from foreigners. This will show that there is a covenant between you and me.
Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?"
He asked God, "Why not let Ishmael be my heir?"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence,.... Not of condemnation, such as came forth from God and passed on Adam and all his posterity, Romans 5:12; though such an one was executed on Christ, as he was the surety and representative of his people; but of justification, which came forth from God and passed on Christ, when he rose from the dead, and upon his people in him, 1 Timothy 3:16. Here it chiefly designs the vindication of the innocence of the psalmist before men; and his request is, that as he was fully persuaded that he was clear of the things he was charged with in the sight of God, that he would openly and publicly make him appear so before men; that he would bring forth his righteousness as the light, and his judgment as the noonday, Psalms 37:6; and of which he made no doubt but he would; so Christ, though he was traduced by men, knew he should be justified by his Father, and by his children, Isaiah 50:8;
let thine eyes behold the things that are equal; which is not to be understood barely of the eyes of his omniscience; for these behold things both equal and unequal, good and evil, things which agree and disagree with the law of God, the rule of righteousness and equity; but of his approbation of them, and that he would some way or other testify that approbation; for the petition intends the favouring of his just and equal cause, and making it to appear to be so.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Let my sentence - Hebrew, “my judgment.” The allusion is to a judgment or sentence as coming from God in regard to the matter referred to in the psalm, to wit, the injuries which he had received from his enemies. He felt that they had done him injustice and wrong; he felt assured that a sentence or judgment from God in the case would be in his favor. So Job often felt that if he could bring his case directly before God, God would decide in his favor. Compare Job 23:1-6.
Come forth from thy presence - From before thee. That is, he asks God to pronounce a sentence in his case.
Let thine eyes behold - He asked God to examine the case with his own eyes, or attentively to consider it, and to see where justice was.
The things that are equal - The things that are just and right. He felt assured that his own cause was right, and he prays here that justice in the case may be done. He felt that, if that were done, he would be delivered from his enemies. As between ourselves and our fellow-men, it is right to pray to God that he would see that exact justice should be done, for we may be able to feel certain that justice is on our side, and that we are injured by them; but as between ourselves and God, we can never offer that prayer, for if justice were done to us we could not but be condemned. Before him our plea must be for mercy, not justice.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 17:2. My sentence come forth from thy presence — Thou knowest my heart, and my ways; judge me as thou shalt find; let me not fall under the judgment of man.
Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. — Thou knowest whether I render to all their due, and whether others act justly by me. Thou canst not be deceived: do justice between me and my adversaries.
