Apologetics Bible

Psalms 17:1

Hebrew

תְּפִלָּה לְדָוִד שִׁמְעָה יְהוָה ׀ צֶדֶק הַקְשִׁיבָה רִנָּתִי הַאֲזִינָה תְפִלָּתִי בְּלֹא שִׂפְתֵי מִרְמָֽה׃

tefilah-ledavid-shime'ah-yehvah- -tzedeq-haqeshiyvah-rinatiy-ha'aziynah-tefilatiy-velo'-shifetey-miremah

KJV: Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

AKJV: Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.

ASV: Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry;

YLT: A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

Exposition: Psalms 17:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:2

Hebrew

מִלְּפָנֶיךָ מִשְׁפָּטִי יֵצֵא עֵינֶיךָ תֶּחֱזֶינָה מֵישָׁרִֽים׃

milefaneykha-mishefatiy-yetze'-'eyneykha-techezeynah-meyshariym

KJV: Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

AKJV: Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.

ASV: Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;

YLT: From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

Exposition: Psalms 17:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:3

Hebrew

בָּחַנְתָּ לִבִּי ׀ פָּקַדְתָּ לַּיְלָה צְרַפְתַּנִי בַל־תִּמְצָא זַמֹּתִי בַּל־יַעֲבָר־פִּֽי׃

vachaneta-liviy- -faqadeta-layelah-tzerafetaniy-val-timetza'-zamotiy-val-ya'avar-fiy

KJV: 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.

AKJV: You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

ASV: Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;

YLT: Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

Exposition: Psalms 17:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:4

Hebrew

לִפְעֻלּוֹת אָדָם בִּדְבַר שְׂפָתֶיךָ אֲנִי שָׁמַרְתִּי אָרְחוֹת פָּרִֽיץ׃

life'ulvot-'adam-videvar-shefateykha-'aniy-shamaretiy-'arechvot-fariytz

KJV: Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

AKJV: Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

ASV: As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips

YLT: As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

Exposition: Psalms 17:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:5

Hebrew

תָּמֹךְ אֲשֻׁרַי בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶיךָ בַּל־נָמוֹטּוּ פְעָמָֽי׃

tamokhe-'ashuray-vema'egelvoteykha-val-namvotv-fe'amay

KJV: Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

AKJV: Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.

ASV: My steps have held fast to thy paths,

YLT: To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

Exposition: Psalms 17:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:6

Hebrew

אֲנִֽי־קְרָאתִיךָ כִֽי־תַעֲנֵנִי אֵל הַֽט־אָזְנְךָ לִי שְׁמַע אִמְרָתִֽי׃

'aniy-qera'tiykha-khiy-ta'aneniy-'el-hat-'azenekha-liy-shema'-'imeratiy

KJV: I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

AKJV: I have called on you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear to me, and hear my speech.

ASV: I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:

YLT: I--I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

Exposition: Psalms 17:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:7

Hebrew

הַפְלֵה חֲסָדֶיךָ מוֹשִׁיעַ חוֹסִים מִמִּתְקוֹמְמִים בִּֽימִינֶֽךָ׃

hafeleh-chasadeykha-mvoshiy'a-chvosiym-mimiteqvomemiym-viymiynekha

KJV: Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

AKJV: Show your marvelous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.

ASV: Show thy marvellous lovingkindness,

YLT: Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.

Exposition: Psalms 17:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:8

Hebrew

שָׁמְרֵנִי כְּאִישׁוֹן בַּת־עָיִן בְּצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃

shamereniy-khe'iyshvon-vat-'ayin-vetzel-khenafeykha-tasetiyreniy

KJV: Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

AKJV: Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,

ASV: Keep me as the apple of the eye;

YLT: Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

Exposition: Psalms 17:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:9

Hebrew

מִפְּנֵי רְשָׁעִים זוּ שַׁדּוּנִי אֹיְבַי בְּנֶפֶשׁ יַקִּיפוּ עָלָֽי׃

mifeney-resha'iym-zv-shadvniy-'oyevay-venefesh-yaqiyfv-'alay

KJV: From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

AKJV: From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

ASV: From the wicked that oppress me,

YLT: From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

Exposition: Psalms 17:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:10

Hebrew

חֶלְבָּמוֹ סָּגְרוּ פִּימוֹ דִּבְּרוּ בְגֵאֽוּת׃

chelevamvo-sagerv-fiymvo-diverv-vege'vt

KJV: They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

AKJV: They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

ASV: They are inclosed in their own fat:

YLT: Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

Exposition: Psalms 17:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:11

Hebrew

אַשֻּׁרֵינוּ עַתָּה סבבוני סְבָבוּנוּ עֵינֵיהֶם יָשִׁיתוּ לִנְטוֹת בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

'ashureynv-'atah-svvvny-sevavvnv-'eyneyhem-yashiytv-linetvot-va'aretz

KJV: They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

AKJV: They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

ASV: They have now compassed us in our steps;

YLT: `Our steps now have compassed him ;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

Exposition: Psalms 17:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:12

Hebrew

דִּמְיֹנוֹ כְּאַרְיֵה יִכְסוֹף לִטְרוֹף וְכִכְפִיר יֹשֵׁב בְּמִסְתָּרֽ͏ִים׃

dimeyonvo-khe'areyeh-yikhesvof-litervof-vekhikhefiyr-yoshev-vemisetariym

KJV: Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

AKJV: Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

ASV: He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,

YLT: His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

Exposition: Psalms 17:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:13

Hebrew

קוּמָה יְהוָה קַדְּמָה פָנָיו הַכְרִיעֵהוּ פַּלְּטָה נַפְשִׁי מֵרָשָׁע חַרְבֶּֽךָ׃

qvmah-yehvah-qademah-fanayv-hakheriy'ehv-faletah-nafeshiy-merasha'-charevekha

KJV: Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

AKJV: Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:

ASV: Arise, O Jehovah,

YLT: Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

Exposition: Psalms 17:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:14

Hebrew

מִֽמְתִים יָדְךָ ׀ יְהוָה מִֽמְתִים מֵחֶלֶד חֶלְקָם בַּֽחַיִּים וצפינך וּֽצְפוּנְךָ תְּמַלֵּא בִטְנָם יִשְׂבְּעוּ בָנִים וְהִנִּיחוּ יִתְרָם לְעוֹלְלֵיהֽ͏ֶם׃

mimetiym-yadekha- -yehvah-mimetiym-mecheled-cheleqam-vachayiym-vtzfynkh-vtzefvnekha-temale'-vitenam-yisheve'v-vaniym-vehiniychv-yiteram-le'voleleyhem

KJV: From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

AKJV: From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

ASV: From men by thy hand, O Jehovah,

YLT: From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

Exposition: Psalms 17:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance t...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 17:15

Hebrew

אֲנִי בְּצֶדֶק אֶחֱזֶה פָנֶיךָ אֶשְׂבְּעָה בְהָקִיץ תְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃

'aniy-vetzedeq-'echezeh-faneykha-'esheve'ah-vehaqiytz-temvnatekha

KJV: As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

AKJV: As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.

ASV: As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness;

YLT: I--in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, with Thy form!

Exposition: Psalms 17:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.