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Psalms 17:3

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.

KJV

Dominus firmamentum meum, et refugium meum, et liberator meus. Deus meus adjutor meus, et sperabo in eum ; protector meus, et cornu salutis meæ, et susceptor meus.

Vulgate

Κύριος στερέωμά μου καὶ καταφυγή μου καὶ ῥύστης μου· ὁ θεός μου βοηθός, καὶ ἐλπιῶ ἐπ’ αὐτόν· ὑπερασπιστής μου καὶ κέρας σωτηρίας, ἀντιλήμπτωρ μου.

LXX

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

ASV

בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּ לִבִּ֨/י פָּ֘קַ֤דְתָּ לַּ֗יְלָה צְרַפְתַּ֥/נִי בַל תִּמְצָ֑א זַ֝מֹּתִ֗י בַּל יַעֲבָר פִּֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּל
bl
particle · 72×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
זָמַ֖ם
zmm
verb · 13×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 496×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
צֹרֵ֖ף
tsrp
verb · 34×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Paul mixes the lowly things with the lofty, ever imitating his Master, so that the lowly become the path to the lofty, and through the former we are led to the latter, and when we are amid the great things we learn that these [lowly ones] were a condescension. This accordingly he does here also. After declaring that He offered up Himself, and showing Him to be a High Priest,…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:4 — For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
  • 1Cor 8:3 — But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
  • 1Pet 1:7 — That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
  • 1Sam 24:10 — Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth min
  • 1Sam 24:12 — The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 1Sam 26:11 — The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
  • 1Sam 26:23 — The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed.
  • 1Thess 2:4 — But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
  • 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
  • 2Cor 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
  • Acts 11:23 — Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
  • Acts 16:9 — And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
  • Acts 18:9 — Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
  • Hos 7:6 — For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
  • Jas 3:2 — For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
  • Jer 12:3 — But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
  • Jer 20:12 — But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
  • Jer 50:20 — In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I
  • Job 23:10 — But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
  • Job 23:10 — But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
  • Job 24:14 — The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
  • Mal 3:2 — But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
  • Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Prov 5:21 — For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
  • Prov 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Prov 24:12 — If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works
  • Ps 7:4 — If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
  • Ps 7:9 — Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
  • Ps 11:5 — The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
  • Ps 11:5 — The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
  • Ps 16:7 — I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
  • Ps 16:7 — I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
  • Ps 18:23 — I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
  • Ps 26:2 — Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
  • Ps 26:2 — Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
  • Ps 39:1 — I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
  • Ps 44:17 — All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
  • Ps 66:10 — For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
  • Ps 66:10 — For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
  • Ps 69:5 — O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.