Psalm 17:2 {16:2}
Good News Translation
You will judge in my favor, because you know what is right.

New Revised Standard Version
From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right.

Contemporary English Version
Only you can say that I am innocent, because only your eyes can see the truth.

New American Bible
From you let my vindication come; your eyes see what is right.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.

Let my

Psalm 37:6,33 And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. . . .

2 Thessalonians 1:6-9 Seeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you: . . .

Jude 1:24 Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

things

Ezekiel 18:25,29 And you have said: The way of the Lord is not right. Hear ye, therefore, O house of Israel: Is it my way that is not right, and are not rather your ways perverse? . . .

Ezekiel 33:17,20 And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust. . . .

Context
Hear My Righteous Plea
1The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips. 2Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.3Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.…
Cross References
Psalm 98:9
At the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with equity.

Psalm 99:4
And the king's honour loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared directions: thou hast done judgment and justice in Jacob.

Psalm 103:6
The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

Psalm 17:1
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