Psalms 17:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּפִלָּ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥ד שִׁמְעָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ צֶ֗דֶק הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה רִנָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה תְפִלָּתִ֑י בְּ֝לֹ֗א שִׂפְתֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃

Transliteration

Təfillāh to-Dāvid šim'āh YHWH ṣedeq haqšîbāh rinnātî ha'ăzînāh təfillātî bəlō' śiftê mirmāh

Grammar Details

*Təfillāh*: noun, feminine singular construct - prayer
to-*Dāvid*: preposition + proper noun - to/for/by David
*šim'āh*: verb, imperative, 2nd person masculine singular - hear/listen
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ṣedeq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness/justice
*haqšîbāh*: verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular - pay attention to
*rinnātî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my cry/shout
*ha'ăzînāh*: verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular - give ear to
*təfillātî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my prayer
*bəlō'*: preposition + negative particle - with/in not
*śiftê*: noun, feminine plural construct - lips of
*mirmāh*: noun, feminine singular - deceit/treachery

Word Meanings

*Təfillāh*: prayer/supplication
*ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness/what is right
*rinnātî*: my cry/shout/ringing cry/song

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 142:6 : 6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Ps 61:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear{H8798)} my cry, O God; attend{H8685)} unto my prayer.
Ps 86:1 : 1 A Prayer of David. Bow down{H8685)} thine ear, O LORD, hear{H8798)} me: for I am poor and needy.
Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Ps 142:1 : 1 Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
Ps 66:19 : 19 But verily God hath heard{H8804)} me; he hath attended{H8689)} to the voice of my prayer.
Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Isa 29:13 : 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Matt 15:8 : 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
1 John 3:21 : 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
2 Chr 7:15 : 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Neh 1:6 : 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
Ps 5:2 : 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Ps 7:8 : 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Ps 18:20 : 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Ps 18:44 : 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge{H8798)} me, O God, and plead{H8798)} my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver{H8762)} me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Ps 55:2-3 : 2 Attend{H8685)} unto me, and hear{H8798)} me: I mourn{H8686)} in my complaint, and make a noise{H8686)}; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy{H8802)}, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast{H8686)} iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate{H8799)} me.

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