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Psalm 17:2–3

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2May amy 1judgment come from Your presence;

May Your eyes behold bwhat is upright.

3You have atested my heart;

You have visited me by night;

You have btried me and cYou find 1nothing;

I have dpurposed that my mouth will not 2transgress.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Vindication
  2. 1Or no evil device in me; My mouth
  3. 2Lit trespass

Cross references

  1. aPs 103:6
  2. bPs 98:9; 99:4
  3. aPs 26:1, 2
  4. bJob 23:10; Ps 66:10; Zech 13:9; 1 Pet 1:7
  5. cJer 50:20
  6. dPs 39:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

From your presence let my vindication come!

Let your eyes behold the right!

You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,

you have tested me, and you will find nothing;

I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Let my vindication come from you;

may your eyes see what is right.

Though you probe my heart,

though you examine me at night and test me,

you will find that I have planned no evil;

my mouth has not transgressed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let my vindication come from you,

for you see what is right.

You have tested my heart;

you have examined me at night.

You have tried me and found nothing evil;

I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

NLTNew Living Translation

Declare me innocent,

for you see those who do right.

You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night.

You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong.

I am determined not to sin in what I say.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let my vindication come forth from you;

let your eyes see fairness.

You have tried my heart;

you have examined me by night;

you have tested me; you found nothing.

I have decided that my mouth will not transgress.

KJV 1900King James Version

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;

Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

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.