Make a just decision on my behalf! ¹  Decide what is right! ² 

biblegateway Psa 17:2

Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with equity.

Let my vindication come from You, for You see what is right.

Let the verdict of my innocence come directly from you. Let your eyes observe what is fair.

biblegateway Psa 17:2

May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.

From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!

bibleoremus Psa 17:2

From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right.

Let your judgement be given in my favour; let your eyes discern what is right.

biblegateway Psa 17:2

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

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

biblegateway Psa 17:2

Make a just decision on my behalf! ¹  Decide what is right! ² 

¹ tn Heb “From before you may my justice come out.” The prefixed verbal form יָצָא (yatsa’) could be taken as an imperfect, but following the imperatives in v. 1, it is better understood as a jussive of prayer.

² tn Heb “May your eyes look at what is right.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as jussive. (See also the preceding note on the word “behalf.”)