Psalms 17:2 · KJV
“Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.”
— Psalms 17:2
[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. {the right: Heb. justice} {not...: Heb. without lips of deceit}
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.
Psalms 17 — Context
[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. {the right: Heb. justice} {not...: Heb. without lips of deceit}
2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3Thou 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.
4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept {me from} the paths of the destroyer.
Cross References
Psalms 37:6
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
2 Thessalonians 1:6-9
Seeing {it is} a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
Ezekiel 18:29
Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
Ezekiel 18:25
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Jude 1:24
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present {you} faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Ezekiel 33:17
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Psalms 37:33
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Ezekiel 33:20
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.