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Psalms 17:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.”

Psalms 17:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 17:112 words
HebrewMeaning
תְּפִלָּ֗הtəpilāh
a prayernounH8605
לְ/דָ֫וִ֥דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
שִׁמְעָ֤/הšiməʿāh
hear !verbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צֶ֗דֶקṣedeq
righteousnessnounH6664
even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)
הַקְשִׁ֥יבָ/הhaqəšiybāh
pay attention to !verbH7181
hear · give heed · incline · mark ···
רִנָּתִ֗/יrinātiy
cry of entreaty mynounH7440
gladness · joy · proclamation · rejoicing ···
הַאֲזִ֥ינָ/הhaʾăziynāh
give ear to !verbH238
hear. See
תְפִלָּתִ֑/יtəpilātiy
prayer mynounH8605
בְּ֝/לֹ֗אbəlōʾ
with notpronH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שִׂפְתֵ֥יśipətēy
lips ofnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
מִרְמָֽהmirəmāh
deceitnounH4820
deceit(-ful · -fully) · false · feigned ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 17:1

A prayer of David himself. 1. This prayer must be assigned to the Person of the Lord, with the addition of the Church, which is His body. 2. “Hear My righteousness, O God, consider My supplication” Psalm 16:1. “Hearken unto My prayer, not in deceitful lips:” not going forth to You in deceitful lips. “Let My judgment from Your countenance go forth” Psalm 16:2. From the enlightening of the knowledge of You, let Me judge truth. Or at least, let My judgment go forth, not in…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 17
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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