Psalms 17:7

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness Lit., Make marvellous thy lovingkindnesses: Vulg. mirifica misericordias tuas. Cp. Psalms 31:21, and note on Psalms 9:1. The word implies a signal intervention on his behalf. The need is great, but God's power is greater.

Parallel passages decide in favour of connecting O thou that savest by thy right hand(Psalms 60:5; Psalms 20:6). R.V. follows the original in transferring by thy right handto the end of the verse for emphasis. But the balanced brevity of the Hebrew (the whole verse contains but six words) defies translation. For put their trust, cp. Psalms 16:1; for those that rise up against thee, cp. Psalms 59:1; Psalms 18:48. Grammatically possible, but unsupported by analogy, is the rendering of R.V. marg., from those that rise up against thy right hand; cp. P.B.V., from such as resist thy right hand, which follows the LXX, Vulg., and Jer. (a resistentibus dexterae tuae).