Psalm 17:1
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
קָשַׁב
qâshab
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
תְּפִלָּה
tᵉphillâh
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
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 p...
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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 ...
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
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