From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!
David protests his innocence here, he was falsely charged with treason against Saul, yet brought no deceit to his prayer. He asks God to be his judge and to render sentence in his favor, since his righteous cause deserves a hearing before the throne of mercy.
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Commenting on Psalm 17:1-15
"Let my sentence come forth from thy presence." The psalmist has now grown bold by the strengthening influence of prayer, and he now entreats the Judge of all the earth to give sentence upon his case. He has been libelled, basely and maliciously libelled; and having brought his action before the highest court, he, like an innocent man, has no desire to escape the enquiry...
David pleads with God as his judge and appeals for a fair hearing of his righteous cause. He stakes his prayer on sincerity, his heart agrees with his mouth, not feigned words, and on his long habit of calling upon God, so trouble finds him already at prayer.
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Commenting on Psalm 17:1-7