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From before youמִלְּפָנֶיךָlet my judgmentמִשְׁפָּטִיcome forth;יֵצֵאlet your eyesעֵינֶיךָseeתֶּחֱזֶינָהuprightness.מֵישָׁרִים
Psalms 17:2
Study it in the app“From before you let my judgment come forth; let your eyes see uprightness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 17:2, word by word
- From before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- let my judgmentמִשְׁפָּטִmishpati
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpati” appears- come forthיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- let your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- seeתֶּחֱזֶינָהtechezena
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “techezena” appears- uprightnessמֵישָׁרִיםmesharim
uprightness
What is upright and just, in what is spoken or judged.
Where else “mesharim” appears
The context
1A prayer of David. Hear, YHWH, what is righteous; heed my cry; give ear to my prayer, which comes not from lips of deceit.
2 · This verse (above)
3You have tested my heart, you have inspected it by night, you have refined me; you will find nothing; I have resolved: my mouth will not overstep.