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Psalms 17:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 17:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 17:311 words
HebrewMeaning
בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּbāḥanətā
you have testedverbH974
prove · tempt · try
לִבִּ֨/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
פָּ֘קַ֤דְתָּpāqadətā
you have visitedverbH6485
at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···
לַּ֗יְלָהlayəlāh
nightnounH3915
צְרַפְתַּ֥/נִיṣərapətaniy
you have tested meverbH6884
fine · founder · goldsmith · melt ···
בַלbal
notparticleH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
תִּמְצָ֑אtiməṣāʾ
you will findverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
זַ֝מֹּתִ֗יzamōtiy
I have resolvedverbH2161
devise · imagine · plot · purpose ···
בַּלbal
notparticleH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
יַעֲבָרyaʿăbār
it will transgressverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
פִּֽ/יpiy
mouth mynounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
Words 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 17:3

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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