Psalm 17:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

Psalms 14-17 Godly people in ungodly societyContinuing the theme of Psalms 10-13 (concerning the godly person who is downtrodden), the psalmist notes what happens when people refuse to acknowledge God and live as if he does not care about their actions. The result is a corrupt society (14:1-3). Because they have rejected God they have rejected the true standard by which to judge good and evil. They live solely for themselves, with no consideration for others and no thought for God (4). But in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 17:12

12. The figure made more special by that of a lion lurking. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 17:1-15

Psalms 17The content of this lament psalm is similar to that of the preceding one, except that the danger David faced when he wrote this psalm was more threatening. Again he viewed himself as a person committed to God who lived among many others who lived for the present. He prayed for deliverance from their oppression and anticipated the future in God’s presence. A strong concern for righteousness pervades the entire psalm (cf. Psalms 17:1-2; Psalms 17:15).This is one of five psalms that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 17:6-12

2. The petition for protection 17:6-12David asked God to keep him from the wicked in the world who are vicious and proud. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 17:9-12

Whatever the situation in David’s life was to which he referred in this psalm, it is clear from these verses that David’s enemies were surrounding him (figuratively if not literally, cf. Psalms 22:12-18). They determined to kill him. They appear to have been confident of their success, too. Their eyes were on David even as the Lord’s were (Psalms 17:8 a), but there was hatred in their gaze. Rather than protecting him lovingly as a mother bird (Psalms 17:8 b), they were out to tear him apart and... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 17:1-15

The Psalmist makes his appeal to the justice of God (Psalms 17:1-2), and supports his prayer by an assertion of his conscious innocence (Psalms 17:3-5) and an account of the eager cruelty of his enemies (Psalms 17:9-12). The concluding thought, that true satisfaction is found in God alone (Psalms 17:14-15), recalls the teaching of Psalms 16, with which this Ps. presents other points of likeness.1. Feigned] false, insincere. 2. My sentence] my judgment, in the favourable sense of ’vindication.’... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 17:12

(12) Young lion.—Heb., kephir. The Hebrew has seven different names for the lion. Milton’s description of Satan naturally recurs to the reader—“About them roundA lion now he stalks with fiery glare.” read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 17:1-15

Men of the World Psalms 17:14 To every young man there comes, sooner or later, the brief but startling message which God addressed to Abraham when he was in Ur of the Chaldees 'Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee'. You cannot always abide in the home of your childhood. I. Think of the portion which belongs to men of the world. There is not a greater mistake than to imagine that you will be heart-rich as soon as you... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

Psalms 17:1-15THE investigations as to authorship and date yield the usual conflicting results. Davidic, say one school; undoubtedly post-exilic, say another, without venturing on closer definition; late in the Persian period, says Cheyne. Perhaps we may content ourselves with the modest judgment of Baethgen in his last book ("Handcommentar," 1892, p. 45): "The date of composition cannot be decided by internal indications." The background is the familiar one of causeless foes round an innocent... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 17:1-15

Psalms 17:0 The Prayer of Christ Against the Enemy 1. The Righteous Intercessor (Psalms 17:1-5 ) 2. Prayer for deliverance (Psalms 17:6-12 ) 3. The deliverance (Psalms 17:13-15 ) Psalms 17:1-5 . This Psalm is blessedly linked with the foregoing one. We hear Christ interceding for the saints in whom is His delight (16:3). He pleads His own perfection. He is righteous; His prayer does not come from feigned lips. Not David, but Christ alone could truly say, “Thou hast proved my heart; Thou... read more

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