Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 17:1

"Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips." — Psalms 17:1 (ASV)

Hear the right. —Or (see margin), justice. Some ancient versions read, Hear, Lord of righteousness. Others make it concrete: Hear me, the righteous; but the Authorised Version has the true sense.