Psalm 17 - I will be satisfied when I awake having Your likeness

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The previous Psalm 16 contains only one request, which is in the 1st verse.  This Psalm is mostly requests of the Lord.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v1 </A>- "Hear the right" refers to whoever is right, whether me or my enemies or someone else. If my enemy is right, answer his prayer, and if I am not right, do not answer mine.</div> <div> The word "song", <I>rinnah</I>,  usually means a joyful song. (<A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#rinnah" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">Ps 30:5; 42:4; 47:1 ...</A>). But there are a few places where, from the context, it must be something out of grief (<A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#dirge" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">Ps 88:2; 106:44; 142:6; Jer 14:12</A>). To cover all its uses, I think <I>rinnah </I>should mean a song sung in such a way as the singer is beside himself. Usually this is a song of great joy, but it could also be of great anguish. </div> <div> The Lord hears a song as He would a prayer. A prayer in the form of a song makes it easier for us to release our spirit, be released from ourselves, calm our mind and consider every word. I find that I need a combination of both singing and talking to connect with the Lord. Singing it sometimes does not engage my mind. Then when I just say it as a prayer to the Lord, I connect with the Lord.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v2 </A>- As in v1, "things that are upright" refers to anyone's upright matters, whether mine or mine enemies. Upright refers to walking straight, the opposite of hypocrisy.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#3" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v3 </A>- KJV and NAS translate the last part of the verse as "I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress." The word "transgress" is not there in the Hebrew. I agree with Young's Literal, Green's Literal, and Jubilee 2000 translations.</div> <div> "You have examined me and find nothing" does not mean that I do not have evil thoughts, but that I don't agree with them, and do not speak them, much less act on them.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v4</A> - The Lord's word to us should be the "word of Your lips". They are like the Lord's kiss. We should not be related to the Word like the Pharisees who searched the Scriptures yet did not have the Word abiding in them (<A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#john_538" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">John 5:38-40</A>). </div> <div> The word of the Lord's lips restricts us from doing unto others as they have done to us. </div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v5</A> Besides the Lord's word, we also need the Lord Himself to uphold our goings. Since we have the word of His lips and His upholding our goings, we should have "goings". Go out to visit others with the Lord. Pray for this.</div> <div>  <A NAME="v6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v6</A> Many psalms have a verse like this. Why have I called on You, God? Because You really answer me. We need to remind ourselves of this when we pray. </div> <div> Do I really want God to incline His ear to me and hear what I say? Or do I know I am speaking nonsense? If I ask God to incline His ear toward me to hear what I say, I better mean what I say. That is why it is good to pray the words of the Bible.</div> <bR> <div> "The prayer preceding all prayers is:</div> <div> May it be the real I who speaks.</div> <div> May it be the real Thou that I speak to."</div> <div>  - C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v7 </A>I love this verse. The Lord's mercy goes beyond our understanding, so it is "wondrous". We should pray for this. His "right hand" means it is not just something the Lord does for us, but for His own great purpose.</div> <div> Except for Young's Literal, most translations translate the 2nd part of v7 as "You who save those who trust <I>in You</I> from those who rise up <I>against them</I>." The phrases "<I>in You</I>" and "<I>against them</I>" are not in the Hebrew text. I think the meaning here is just "those who trust" and "those who rise up". We need to be those who trust one another (<A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#trust" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">Matt 5:42; Ps 37:21; 1 Cor 13:7</A>). If we don't trust eachother, our love has grown cold (<A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#cold" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">Matt 24:12</A>). But it is also easy for ambitious ones to take advantage. It is not that they rise up <I>against us</I>, but they just rise up and use others for their advantage.</div> <bR> <div> I think President Ronald Reagan was such a trusting person. His wife protected him. He was a great President, and she may have been the greatest first lady.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v8</A> - This is my favorite verse in this Psalm. If we trust as in v7, then we need the Lord to protect us as the most tender part, the pupil of the eye. Then we can function as the eye in the Body of Christ to see the Lord (<A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#15" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v15</A>). </div> <div> The phrase "apple of the eye" refers to the pupil of the eye. This phrase is used 5 times by KJV (<A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#apple" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">Deut 32:10; Prov 7:2; Lam 2:18; Zech 2:8)</A>. This verse is the only one where the Hebrew uses both the word for pupil and also says "daughter" of the eye. This shows the tenderness. </div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v9-12</A> - This probably refers to 1 Sam 23:19-24:22 when David was constantly being hunted and surrounded by Saul. In particular, <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#encompass" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">1 Sam 23:26-28</A> shows David and his followers being surrounded by Saul, and the Lord answered David's prayer in <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#13" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v13</A> of this Psalm. <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#1_sam_24_3" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">1 Sam 24:3-7</A> shows David's tender conscience to the Lord as in vv <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">7-8</A> of this psalm.</div> <div> These verses are written in a general way so that we can apply the prayers to today's situation. As I write this it is October, 2016. There are many mouths speaking very arrogantly against God, His Word and Christians. It seems they have surrounded us and are going to take over all branches of the government. They plot secret dishonest strategies.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#13" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v13-14</A> The Lord uses David's enemies for His purpose to prove David and eventually transform David to His likeness (<A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#15" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v15</A>). David knows that these wicked ones are the Lord's sword and the Lord's hand upon him. When we know this, we are not angry and hateful against those who do us wrong.</div> <div> Our portion is not in this life. Do not admire those who have much in this life, nor despise those who are not successful. For children to have all they desire is a curse, not a blessing. They leave their abundance to their children, and the children waste it and use it to corrupt themselves.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="15n"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#15" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v15</A> - This is the real reward and satisfaction. To behold the Lord's face without fear of condemnation and thus be transformed to His image. <A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#transformation" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">(1 Cor 15:49; 2 Cor 3:18; 4:6; Rom 8:29; 12:2; Phil 3:20-21; Col 3:10)</A>.  </div> <bR> <div> If I am not today all that I hope to be, yet I see Jesus, and that assures me that I shall one day be like Him. - Charles Spurgeon</div> <bR> <div> "When I awake" refers to the resurrection (<A HREF="psalm_17_m.htm#awake" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">John 11:11; Eph 5:14</A>; Rom 6:5; Phil 3:10-11).</div> <bR> <div> copyright 2016 voiceinwilderness.info</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Psalm 17 </B>a prayer through David</div> <bR> <div> (<I>tune: </I>10.9.10.9.D.<I> </I><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/398" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/398"><I>#398 O to be Like Thee</I></A><I>)</I></div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-642/e0398O2BLikeThee.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> audio file from <A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net">hymnal.net</A></div> <div>  <A NAME="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" ><I>1</I></FONT><I> </I><A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>1</I></A> Hear the right, O Lord. To my song attend.</div> <div> Give ear to my unfeigned entreaty. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#f1" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>(1.1)</I></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v2" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>2</I></A><I> <A NAME="2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I> </I>Let my judgment come forth from Your presence.</div> <div> Things that are upright, let Your eyes see.</div> <div>  <A NAME="3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v3" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>3</I></A> You have proved my heart, You have visited</div> <div> in the night; You have examined me.</div> <div> You're finding nothing. That which I have thought,</div> <div> out from my mouth, it shall not proceed.</div> <div>  <A NAME="4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" ><I>2</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Kids board game" ><I> </I></FONT><A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v4" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>4</I></A><I> </I>As for men's works, by the word of Your lips,</div> <div>  <A NAME="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >I'm kept from the paths of the violent.</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v5" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>5</I></A><I> </I>Uphold my goings that my feet don't slip</div> <div> from Your pathways <I>that You Yourself went.</I></div> <div>  <A NAME="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>6</I></A><I>  </I>I have called on You, for You answer me.</div> <div> Incline Your ear <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#6_1" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>(6.1)</I></A></FONT>, God. Hear what I say.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>7</I></A><I> </I>Show wondrously Your right hand of mercy.</div> <div> Save those who trust from those who self-raise. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#f2" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>(7.1)</I></A></FONT></div> <div>  <A NAME="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" ><I>3</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Kids board game" ><I>  </I></FONT><A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>8</I></A><I>  </I>Keep me as the apple, <I>as</I> the daughter,</div> <div> <I>of the most tender part </I>of the eye.</div> <div>  <A NAME="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Hide me under the shadow of Your wings</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v9" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>9</I></A><I>       from</I> wicked who oppress <I>such as I</I>.</div> <bR> <div> My soul's enemies, who encompass me,</div> <div> <I>10        </I>they are enclosed in their own <I>rich </I>fat.</div> <div> With their <I>great</I> mouths, they speak arrogantly.</div> <div> <I>11       </I>They have now compassed us in our tracks.</div> <div>  <A NAME="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <I>4</I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Kids board game" ><I>  </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >They have set their eyes to cast us to earth,</FONT></div> <div> <I>12      </I>like a lion greedy of his prey,</div> <div> like a young lion, lurking in secret.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#v13" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><I>13</I></A><I>      </I>Arise, O Lord, put him in dismay.</div> <div>  <A NAME="14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Do overthrow them; deliver my soul,</div> <div> from the lawless ones, who are Your sword,</div> <div> <I>14  </I>from men who're Your hand, O Lord, from men who</div> <div> are of this world, who have their reward.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" ><I>5</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Kids board game" ><I>  </I></FONT>You fill their belly with Your hid treasure,</div> <div> they are satisfied with many sons.</div> <div> Their children have all that they desire,</div> <div> and they leave for them their abundance.</div> <div>  <A NAME="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_17_l.htm#15n" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">15</A>  As for me, I am beholding Your face,</div> <div> <I>not shamed nor fearful</I> in righteousness.</div> <div> I will be satisfied when I awake,</div> <div> <I>beholding You</I>, having Your likeness.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="f1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="6_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT>1.1 - lit. Give ear to my prayer that goes not out of feigned lips</div> <div>  <A NAME="f2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >6.1 - lit. God, Incline your ear to me. Hear what I say.</FONT></div> <div> 7.1. <A HREF="#7" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa">v7</A> - lit. Show wondrously Your mercy by Your right hand, You who save those who trust from those who rise up.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="rinnah"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#1" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>Psalms 30:5 </B></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>For a moment <I>is passed</I> in his anger, a life in his favor; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is <B>rejoicing</B>.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Psalms 42:4 </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>These things I remember and have poured out my soul within me: how I passed along with the multitude, how I went on with them to the house of God, with the voice of <B>joy </B>and praise, a festive multitude.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Psalms 47:1 </FONT> All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of <B>triumph</B>!</div> <div> Psalms 105:43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with <B>rejoicing</B>;</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Psalms 107:22 </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in <B>joyful song</B>.</div> <div> Psalms 118:15 The voice of <B>triumph </B>and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly;</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Psalms 126:2 </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with <B>rejoicing</B>: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.</div> <div> Psalms 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap with <B>rejoicing</B>:</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Psalms 126:6 </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>He goes forth and weeps, bearing seed for scattering; he cometh again with <B>rejoicing</B>, bearing his sheaves.</div> <div> Proverbs 11:10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is <B>shouting</B>.</div> <div> Isaiah 14:7 The whole earth is at rest, is quiet: they break forth into <B>singing</B>.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Isaiah 35:10 </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with <B>singing</B>; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.</div> <div> Isaiah 44:23 Sing, ye heavens; for Jehovah hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into <B>singing</B>, ye mountains, the forest, and every tree therein! For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.</div> <div> Isaiah 48:20 Go ye forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of <B>singing</B>; declare, cause this to be heard, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.</div> <div> Isaiah 49:13 Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into <B>singing</B>, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones.</div> <div> Isaiah 51:11 So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with <B>singing</B>; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.</div> <div> Isaiah 54:1 Exult, thou barren, that didst not bear; break forth into <B>singing</B>, and shout for joy, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.</div> <div> Isaiah 55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into <B>singing</B>, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.</div> <div> Zephaniah 3:17 Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with <B>singing</B>.</div> <div>  <A NAME="dirge"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#1" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>Psalm 88:</B></A><A HREF="#1" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>2</B></A> Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my <B>cry</B>. 3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws nigh to Sheol.</div> <div> Psalm 106:44 But he regarded their distress, when he heard their <B>cry</B>;</div> <div> Psalm 142:6 Attend unto my <B>cry</B>, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.</div> <div> Jeremiah 14:12 When they fast, I will not hear their <B>cry</B>; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them: for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.</div> <div>  <A NAME="john_538"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#4" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>John 5:</B></A><A HREF="#4" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>38</B></A> And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.</div> <div> 39 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; </div> <div> 40 and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.</div> <div>  <A NAME="trust"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#7" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>Matthew 5:42</B></A> To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.</div> <div> Psalm 37:21<I> </I>The wicked borrows, and does not repay; but the righteous is gracious and gives.</div> <div>  <A NAME="cold"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>1 Corinthians 13:7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.</div> <div> <A HREF="#7" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>Matthew 24:12</B></A> And because lawlessness shall have been multiplied, the love of the many will grow cold.</div> <div>  <A NAME="apple"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#8" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>Deuteronomy 32:10</B></A>  He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial" ><U>apple</U></FONT> of his <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial" ><U>eye</U></FONT>.</div> <div> Proverbs 7:2  Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial" ><U>apple</U></FONT> of thine <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial" ><U>eye</U></FONT>.</div> <div> Lamentations 2:18  Their heart cried unto the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a torrent day and night: give thyself no respite; let not the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial" ><U>apple</U></FONT> of thine <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial" ><U>eye</U></FONT> rest.</div> <div> Zechariah 2:8  For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After the glory, hath he sent me unto the nations that made you a spoil; for he that touches you touches the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial" ><U>apple</U></FONT> of his <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial" ><U>eye</U></FONT>.</div> <div>  <A NAME="encompass"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#9" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>1 Samuel 23:</B></A><A HREF="#9" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>26</B></A> And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men to take them.</div> <div> 27 But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee and come; for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.</div> <div> 28 And Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.</div> <div>  <A NAME="1_sam_24_3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#9" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>1 Samuel 24:3</B></A><A HREF="#9" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B> </B></A> And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet; and David and his men were abiding in the recesses of the cave.</div> <div> 4 And David's men said to him, Behold the day of which Jehovah said to thee, Behold, I will give thine enemy into thy hand, that thou may do to him as it shall seem good to thee. And David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.</div> <div> 5 And it came to pass afterwards that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.</div> <div> 6 And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Jehovah's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.</div> <div> 7 And David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on <I>his</I> way.</div> <div>  <A NAME="transformation"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#15" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>1 Corinthians 15:49 </B></A> And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.</div> <div> 2Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding and reflecting as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.</div> <div> 4:6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.</div> <div> Romans 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also foreordained <I>to be</I> conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.</div> <div> Romans 12:2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. </div> <div> Phil 3:20  For our commonwealth exists in the heavens, from which also we eagerly await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,  </div> <div> 21  Who will transfigure the body of our humiliation to be  conformed  to the body of His glory, according to His operation by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself.</div> <div> Colossians 3:10  And have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the  image  of Him who created him</div> <div>  <A NAME="awake"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#15" TITLE="Psalm 17 I will be satisfied when I awa"><B>John 11:11</B></A> These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.</div> <div> Ephesians 5:14 Wherefore H<I>e</I> saith, Awake, you that sleeps, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon you.</div> <div> Romans 6:5  For if we have grown together with Him in the  likeness  of His death, indeed we will also be in the  likeness  of His resurrection.</div> <div> Philippians 3:10  To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being  conformed  to His death,  </div> <div> 11  If perhaps I may attain to the out-resurrection from the dead.  </div> <bR> <div> copyright 2016 voiceinwilderness.info</div> </td> </tr></table></body>