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Psalms 17:2

Psalms 17:2 is verse 2 of Psalms chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.

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Psalms 17:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.

2 May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.

3 You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

4 As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 37:6

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

Psalms 37:33

the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

2 Thessalonians 1:8

in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Jude 1:24

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

Ezekiel 18:25

Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

Ezekiel 18:29

Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

Ezekiel 33:17

Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

Ezekiel 33:20

Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

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