1. Psalm 17:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What would prompt David to say that he prays without deceiving?

Psalm 17:1 (ESV)

1 Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

When David speaks of his just cause, he speaks not with deception but the truth. He claims a truthfulness that contrasts with that of his opponents’ words (Psalm 17:10).1 So his remark here may well have his contemporaries in mind.