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Psalm 17:2

Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.

1A Prayer by David. Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
2Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
3You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
4As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
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Notice

A verdict from God’s presence carries both hope for a fair hearing and the weight of asking him to look at what is right.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 37:6he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.David asks God for a just verdict; Psalm 37 speaks of God making righteousness and justice visible.
2 Thessalonians 1:6–9For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,Both passages concern God’s justice, with David seeking a verdict and Paul describing righteous repayment for affliction.
Psalm 71:2Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.Both prayers appeal to God’s righteousness, one seeking a fair verdict and the other rescue.
Ezekiel 18:29Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair?Both texts concern fairness before God: David seeks equity, while Ezekiel records God challenging Israel’s accusation that his ways are unfair.
Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?David asks God to look on equity; Ezekiel records a dispute over whether God’s way is equal.
Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,Both speak of God’s presence, though David seeks a verdict and Jude praises God’s ability to present people faultless.
Ezekiel 33:17“‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.Fairness is central to both texts: David appeals to God, while Ezekiel records God exposing the unfairness of his accusers.
Psalm 37:33The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.Both concern judgment before the LORD, with David requesting a verdict and Psalm 37 promising protection from condemnation.
Ezekiel 33:20Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’”Both connect God’s judgment with fairness; Ezekiel specifies that God will judge each person according to their ways.
Where this verse fits

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Encouragement

Your desire for a fair hearing has a place in prayer. David brings his case before God and asks for a verdict grounded in what is right.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).