.at Your right hand are pleasures forever. Psalm 16:11c To place ourselves in range of God's choicest gifts, we have to walk with God, work with God, lean on God, cling to God, come to have the sense and feel of God, refer all things to God. Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Calvin Seminary
Hear a just cause, O Lord, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips. Psalm 17:1 True prayer wears no mask of truthless insincerity. It speaks not falsely with hypocritical pretense. It utters deep-felt truth from honest heart. Henry Law, Exposition of Psalms, 1878
May my judgment come from you; may Your eyes see what is right. Psalm 17:2 Come to the throne of the Judge of all the earth: neither plaintiff nor defendant shall have to complain that he is not prepared to give their cause a fair hearing. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-92, British Reformed Baptist, highly influential amongst Christians of different denominations
You have tried my heart; You have visited me by night; You have tested me and You find nothing. Psalm 17:3a Conscience of mine, how I rejoice – You my Lord have proven to me mine own innocence and freed me of false guilt.
I have resolved that my mouth will not sin. Psalm 17:3b Keep guard over your lips as the outlets of your heart lest they betray you in a moment of unwariness. Anne Bronte 1820-49 English novelist, poet