Ps.17.1-Ps.17.5
Ps.17.1
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Ps.17.1
Listen while I build my case, GOD, the most honest prayer you'll ever hear.
Ps.17.1
Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer- it does not rise from deceitful lips.
Ps.17.1
Hear a just cause, O LORD, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.
Ps.17.1
O LORD, hear my plea for justice. Listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, for it comes from an honest heart.
Ps.17.2
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Ps.17.2
Show the world I'm innocent--in your heart you know I am.
Ps.17.2
May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.
Ps.17.2
Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.
Ps.17.2
Declare me innocent, for you know those who do right.
Ps.17.3
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.
Ps.17.3
Go ahead, examine me from inside out, surprise me in the middle of the night--You'll find I'm just what I say I am. My words don't run loose.
Ps.17.3
Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.
Ps.17.3
You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Ps.17.3
You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night. You have scrutinized me and found nothing amiss, for I am determined not to sin in what I say.
Ps.17.4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Ps.17.4
I'm not trying to get my way in the world's way. I'm trying to get your way, your Word's way.
Ps.17.4
As for the deeds of men- by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
Ps.17.4
Concerning the works of men, By the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.
Ps.17.4
I have followed your commands, which have kept me from going along with cruel and evil people.
Ps.17.5
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Ps.17.5
I'm staying on your trail; I'm putting one foot In front of the other. I'm not giving up.
Ps.17.5
My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
Ps.17.5
Uphold my steps in Your paths, That my footsteps may not slip.
Ps.17.5
My steps have stayed on your path; I have not wavered from following you.
