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Psalms 17:1 open_in_new
Title. Prayer. Hebrew. Tephillah. One of five Psalms so called (17; 86; 90; 102; 142). See App-63. It is. prayer of Messiah, the true David; in view of Psalms 16:6-11, Compare Psalms 17:15.
Hear... attend... Give ear. Figure of speech Anabasis. App-6.
right. righteousness. Compare Psalms 17:15, and Structure.
LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah.
ear. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. Compare verses: Psalms 17:2, eyes; 7, hand; 8, wings; 15, face.
feigned. guileless.
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Psalms 17:2 open_in_new
Let my sentence, &c.. From thy presence my judgment will come: Thine eyes will discern upright ones.
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Psalms 17:3 open_in_new
find nothing. None but Christ could say this. See John 14:30.
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Psalms 17:4 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
kept me from. I have marked.
the destroyer. the oppressor, or violent one. Only here in the Psalms.
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Psalms 17:5 open_in_new
paths. tracks, or ruts.
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Psalms 17:6 open_in_new
hear. answer. See Structure, above.
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Psalms 17:7 open_in_new
put their trust. flee for refuge. Hebrew. hasah. App-69.
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Psalms 17:8 open_in_new
as. Figure of speech Simile. App-6.
apple... eye... wings. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
Hide. Thou wilt hide.
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Psalms 17:9 open_in_new
the wicked. the lawless ones.
my deadly enemies. the foes of my soul Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Psalms 17:11 open_in_new
steps. ways, or goings, as in Psalms 17:5.
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Psalms 17:13 open_in_new
Disappoint. anticipate.
my soul. me myself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
the wicked. a lawless one. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
sword. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
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Psalms 17:14 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. methim. App-14.
hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. See note on "ear", Psalms 17:1.
world. Hebrew. heled. The world as being transitory. See longer note on Psalms 49:1.
hid. Figure of speech Antimereia (App-6). Act. Part, put for Noun. Hebrew thy hid. thy hidden, or secret thing.
They are. Let them be.
full. satisfied with. Compare Psalms 17:15.
children. sons.
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Psalms 17:15 open_in_new
I will behold Thy face. See note on Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:20.
face. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. Compare Psalms 17:1, and see note on Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:20.
satisfied. full, as in Psalms 17:14.
when. awake. when. awake from the sleep of death in resurrection. This prayer is in view of Psalms 16:9-11. Resurrection of the body is the true inheritance.
Thy likeness. Thine appearing, or. vision of Thee. Compare 1 John 3:2.
To the chief Musician. See App-64.