Venha de ti a sentença em meu favor;
vejam os teus olhos onde está a justiça!

Provas o meu coração e de noite me examinas,
tu me sondas, e nada encontras;
decidi que a minha boca não pecará
como fazem os homens.
Pela palavra dos teus lábios
    eu evitei os caminhos do violento.

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·You will judge that I am right [L My judgment/vindication will come from before you];
    your eyes can see what is ·true [virtuous].
You have examined my heart;
    you have ·tested me all [or visited me at] night.
You ·questioned [tested] me without finding anything wrong;
    ·I have not sinned with my mouth [L my mouth has not transgressed].
·I have obeyed your commands [L As for the deeds of people, by the word of your lips],
    ·so I have not done what evil people do [I have kept away from the ways of the violent].

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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

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.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

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Let my vindication(A) come from you;
    may your eyes see what is right.(B)

Though you probe my heart,(C)
    though you examine me at night and test me,(D)
you will find that I have planned no evil;(E)
    my mouth has not transgressed.(F)
Though people tried to bribe me,
    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
    through what your lips have commanded.

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Let my vindication come from Your presence;
Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.

You have tested my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
(A)You have [a]tried me and have found [b]nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth shall not (B)transgress.
Concerning the works of men,
By the word of Your lips,
I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 17:3 examined
  2. Psalm 17:3 Nothing evil