Bible Quiz – Psalm 17 (Fill in the Blanks)

Bible Quiz – Psalm 17 (Fill in the Blanks)

Psalm 17 is a profound prayer of integrity, appeal, and ultimate hope, traditionally attributed to David. Unlike many laments, this psalm emphasizes moral examination, divine justice, and a striking conclusion that points toward satisfaction in God’s likeness. Every word is deliberate. Every phrase is weighty.

This Bible quiz series on Psalm 17 (KJV) is designed not for casual skimming, but for careful readers, memorization students, teachers, and serious Bible scholars. The questions test verbatim accuracy, textual precision, and the ability to distinguish Psalm 17’s unique language from similar expressions found elsewhere in Scripture.

If you know Psalm 17 only by theme, this quiz will humble you.

If you know it by heart, it will reward you.

🧠 Quiz Structure: Sections Explained

Each section increases in difficulty. Readers are encouraged to attempt the quizzes in order, but brave souls may jump straight to the hardest round.

🔹 Section 1: Fill in the Blanks (Multiple Choice)

Purpose: Warm-up and textual familiarization

What It Tests: Basic recall of Psalm 17’s wording

Features:

One correct answer

Distractors may be similar words used elsewhere in Scripture

Answers include the complete reference verse

✔ Ideal for beginners, group studies, and revision.

🔥 Section 2: EXTREME “One-Hint Only” Round

Purpose: Precision under pressure

What It Tests: Deep memory with minimal guidance

Features:

Only one subtle hint per question

No verse numbers in the question

Plausible distractors

⚠️ Designed to stretch even confident readers.

🧠 Section 3: EXTREME “Cross-Reference Traps” Round

Purpose: Textual discrimination

What It Tests: Ability to identify Psalm-specific wording

Features:

Every wrong option is a real phrase from elsewhere in the Bible

Only one option belongs to Psalm 17

Forces readers to avoid “theology guessing”

⚠️ This round exposes reliance on familiarity rather than accuracy.

☠️ Section 4: EXTREME “No Hints” Round

Purpose: Ultimate mastery

What It Tests: Verbatim recall only

Features:

No hints

No verse numbers

No contextual clues

All distractors are scriptural

☠️ Enter only if you truly know Psalm 17.

📌 Important Notes for Readers

All questions use the King James Version (KJV)

Answers include the full reference verse for verification

This quiz is suitable for:

Bible competitions

Seminary-level study

Memorization challenges

Teachers & quiz masters

Advanced personal devotion

Bible Quiz – Psalm 17 (Fill in the Blanks)

“Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of ________ lips.”

A. trembling

B. deceitful

C. faithful

D. unclean

✅ Correct Answer: B. deceitful

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:1 (KJV)

“Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of deceitful lips.”

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

A. hidden

B. righteous

C. equal

D. just

✅ Correct Answer: C. equal

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:2 (KJV)

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

“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find ________.”

A. weakness

B. faith

C. nothing

D. sin

✅ Correct Answer: C. nothing

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:3 (KJV)

“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.”

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the ________.”

A. violent

B. wicked

C. destroyer

D. transgressor

✅ Correct Answer: C. destroyer

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:4 (KJV)

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.”

“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my ________ slip not.”

A. soul

B. feet

C. steps

D. heart

✅ Correct Answer: B. feet

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:5 (KJV)

“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my feet slip not.”

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my ________.”

A. cry

B. plea

C. prayer

D. speech

✅ Correct Answer: D. speech

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:6 (KJV)

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy ________.”

A. wings

B. hand

C. glory

D. mercy

✅ Correct Answer: A. wings

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:8 (KJV)

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.”

“They are enclosed in their own ________: with their mouth they speak proudly.”

A. arrogance

B. strength

C. fat

D. riches

✅ Correct Answer: C. fat

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:10 (KJV)

“They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.”

“Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy ________, from men which are thy hand, O LORD.”

A. enemy

B. sword

C. judgment

D. arrow

✅ Correct Answer: B. sword

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:13 (KJV)

“Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword.”

10.

“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I ________, with thy likeness.”

A. awake

B. endure

C. stand

D. appear

✅ Correct Answer: A. awake

📜 Reference Verse – Psalm 17:15 (KJV)

“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”

✨ Quiz Focus Highlights

Theme: Righteous appeal vs. wicked oppression

Key Motifs: Divine hearing, moral integrity, protection, final satisfaction

Theological Depth: God as judge, protector, and ultimate fulfillment

🔥 EXTREME “ONE-HINT ONLY” ROUND — PSALM 17

(King James Version)

Rule for Players:

Each question provides only ONE hint. No verse numbers. No cross-references. Trust your memory of Psalm 17.

“Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of ________ lips.”

A. sinful

B. proud

C. deceitful

D. trembling

🔎 One Hint: Moral purity of speech

✅ Correct Answer: C. deceitful

📜 Psalm 17:1 (KJV)

“Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of deceitful lips.”

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

A. upright

B. equal

C. righteous

D. true

🔎 One Hint: Judicial impartiality

✅ Correct Answer: B. equal

📜 Psalm 17:2 (KJV)

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

“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find ________.”

A. integrity

B. nothing

C. faithfulness

D. obedience

🔎 One Hint: Negative absolute

✅ Correct Answer: B. nothing

📜 Psalm 17:3 (KJV)

“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.”

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the ________.”

A. violent

B. sinner

C. destroyer

D. oppressor

🔎 One Hint: Singular agent of ruin

✅ Correct Answer: C. destroyer

📜 Psalm 17:4 (KJV)

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.”

“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my ________ slip not.”

A. steps

B. ways

C. feet

D. soul

🔎 One Hint: Physical metaphor for stability

✅ Correct Answer: C. feet

📜 Psalm 17:5 (KJV)

“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my feet slip not.”

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my ________.”

A. cry

B. prayer

C. plea

D. speech

🔎 One Hint: Spoken, not silent

✅ Correct Answer: D. speech

📜 Psalm 17:6 (KJV)

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy ________.”

A. mercy

B. hand

C. wings

D. power

🔎 One Hint: Avian imagery

✅ Correct Answer: C. wings

📜 Psalm 17:8 (KJV)

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.”

“They are enclosed in their own ________: with their mouth they speak proudly.”

A. riches

B. arrogance

C. fat

D. strength

🔎 One Hint: Physical metaphor for spiritual insensitivity

✅ Correct Answer: C. fat

📜 Psalm 17:10 (KJV)

“They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.”

“Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy ________, from men which are thy hand, O LORD.”

A. judgment

B. enemy

C. sword

D. instrument

🔎 One Hint: Instrument of divine execution

✅ Correct Answer: C. sword

📜 Psalm 17:13 (KJV)

“Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword.”

10.

“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I ________, with thy likeness.”

A. appear

B. awake

C. endure

D. stand

🔎 One Hint: Post-sleep awakening imagery

✅ Correct Answer: B. awake

📜 Psalm 17:15 (KJV)

“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”

🧠 Why This Round Is EXTREME

Only one conceptual hint

No verse numbers provided in the question

Distractors are theologically plausible

Rewards memorization + semantic precision

🧠 EXTREME CROSS-REFERENCE TRAPS — PSALM 17 (KJV)

⚠️ Danger Level: VERY HIGH

✔ All wrong options are real Bible phrases

✔ Only one option belongs to Psalm 17 (KJV)

✔ Answers + complete reference verse included

Rule for Players:

Every option sounds right because it appears elsewhere in Scripture. Choose only what is textually exact to Psalm 17.

“Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of ________ lips.”

A. clean (Psalm 24:4)

B. guileless (Psalm 34:13)

C. deceitful (Psalm 17)

D. flattering (Psalm 12:2)

✅ Correct Answer: C. deceitful

📜 Psalm 17:1 (KJV)

“Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of deceitful lips.”

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

A. righteous (Psalm 11:7)

B. upright (Psalm 33:1)

C. true (Psalm 19:9)

D. equal (Psalm 17)

✅ Correct Answer: D. equal

📜 Psalm 17:2 (KJV)

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

“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find ________.”

A. integrity (Psalm 26:1)

B. righteousness (Psalm 7:8)

C. nothing (Psalm 17)

D. faithfulness (Psalm 36:5)

✅ Correct Answer: C. nothing

📜 Psalm 17:3 (KJV)

“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.”

“By the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the ________.”

A. violent man (Psalm 140:1)

B. sinner (Psalm 1:1)

C. wicked (Psalm 36:1)

D. destroyer (Psalm 17)

✅ Correct Answer: D. destroyer

📜 Psalm 17:4 (KJV)

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.”

“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my ________ slip not.”

A. steps (Psalm 37:23)

B. way (Psalm 119:1)

C. feet (Psalm 17)

D. soul (Psalm 25:20)

✅ Correct Answer: C. feet

📜 Psalm 17:5 (KJV)

“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my feet slip not.”

“Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my ________.”

A. prayer (Psalm 86:6)

B. cry (Psalm 18:6)

C. supplication (Psalm 28:2)

D. speech (Psalm 17)

✅ Correct Answer: D. speech

📜 Psalm 17:6 (KJV)

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy ________.”

A. hand (Isaiah 49:2)

B. mercy (Psalm 57:10)

C. feathers (Psalm 91:4)

D. wings (Psalm 17)

✅ Correct Answer: D. wings

📜 Psalm 17:8 (KJV)

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.”

“They are enclosed in their own ________: with their mouth they speak proudly.”

A. riches (Psalm 49:6)

B. heart (Psalm 73:7)

C. strength (Psalm 52:7)

D. fat (Psalm 17)

✅ Correct Answer: D. fat

📜 Psalm 17:10 (KJV)

“They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.”

“Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy ________.”

A. rod (Micah 6:9)

B. hand (Isaiah 10:5)

C. sword (Psalm 17)

D. judgment (Psalm 9:8)

✅ Correct Answer: C. sword

📜 Psalm 17:13 (KJV)

“Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword.”

10.

“I shall be satisfied, when I ________, with thy likeness.”

A. appear (Colossians 3:4)

B. stand (Psalm 26:12)

C. awake (Psalm 17)

D. behold (1 John 3:2)

✅ Correct Answer: C. awake

📜 Psalm 17:15 (KJV)

“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”

🔥 Why These Are TRUE TRAPS

Every wrong option is scripturally correct elsewhere

The test is textual precision, not theology

Forces readers to distinguish Psalm-specific wording

☠️ EXTREME “NO HINTS” ROUND — PSALM 17 (KJV)

This is the hardest possible format: no hints, no verse numbers, no mercy.

Only exact textual memory will get you through.

Format: Fill in the Blank (Multiple Choice)

✔ All distractors are biblically valid elsewhere

✔ Only one option is exact to Psalm 17

“Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of ________ lips.”

A. pure

B. deceitful

C. righteous

D. faithful

✅ Correct Answer: B. deceitful

📜 Psalm 17:1 (KJV)

“Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of deceitful lips.”

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

A. upright

B. just

C. equal

D. righteous

✅ Correct Answer: C. equal

📜 Psalm 17:2 (KJV)

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

“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find ________.”

A. integrity

B. righteousness

C. nothing

D. faith

✅ Correct Answer: C. nothing

📜 Psalm 17:3 (KJV)

“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.”

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the ________.”

A. violent

B. wicked

C. sinner

D. destroyer

✅ Correct Answer: D. destroyer

📜 Psalm 17:4 (KJV)

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.”

“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my ________ slip not.”

A. steps

B. feet

C. way

D. soul

✅ Correct Answer: B. feet

📜 Psalm 17:5 (KJV)

“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my feet slip not.”

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my ________.”

A. prayer

B. supplication

C. cry

D. speech

✅ Correct Answer: D. speech

📜 Psalm 17:6 (KJV)

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy ________.”

A. feathers

B. mercy

C. wings

D. hand

✅ Correct Answer: C. wings

📜 Psalm 17:8 (KJV)

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.”

“They are enclosed in their own ________: with their mouth they speak proudly.”

A. heart

B. strength

C. fat

D. riches

✅ Correct Answer: C. fat

📜 Psalm 17:10 (KJV)

“They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.”

“Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy ________.”

A. hand

B. sword

C. judgment

D. rod

✅ Correct Answer: B. sword

📜 Psalm 17:13 (KJV)

“Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword.”

10.

“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I ________, with thy likeness.”

A. appear

B. stand

C. awake

D. endure

✅ Correct Answer: C. awake

📜 Psalm 17:15 (KJV)

“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”

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