Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 17

This is a parallel biblical text presentation displaying two related Psalms across four ancient versions side by side: the King James Version (with interleaved Strong's concordance numbers), the Septuagint (Greek), the Tanakh (Hebrew), and the Latin Vulgate. The KJV and Hebrew columns present Psalm 17, a personal lament in which David appeals to God's justice, protests his own moral integrity ("thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing"), asks for protection as "the apple of the eye" from encircling enemies described as proud and predatory, and closes with hope of beholding God's face in righteousness. The Septuagint and Vulgate columns present Psalm 18, a longer victory hymn attributed to David upon deliverance from Saul and all his enemies, featuring dramatic theophanic imagery — God descending amid earthquakes, smoke, fire, and storm to rescue the psalmist — followed by declarations of God's reward for the righteous and descriptions of military triumph over nations. The distinctive scholarly feature is the KJV column's embedded Strong's lexicon numbers after nearly every word, making it a concordance-enabled interlinear reference rather than a reading text. The work is a tool for comparative textual study of the Psalter across the major ancient transmission traditions, particularly useful for examining how Psalm numbering and versification diverge between the Hebrew and Greek/Latin canonical streams.

Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 17

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