Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 17:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 17:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 17:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Psalms, David, this verse means that David is saying he will feel happy and content when he can see God and be close to Him. He believes that being with God is the most wonderful thing, and it will make him feel very peaceful and satisfied.

Psalms 17:15: As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

Psalms 17:15 speaks of satisfaction upon awakening with God's likeness, implying an afterlife; Ecclesiastes 9:5 suggests that the dead know nothing, which challenges the notion of an afterlife awareness.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Job 7:9-10

Psalms 17:15 implies life after death with God, whereas Job states that once a person dies, they do not return or have awareness.

Job 7:9-10: [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].

Contradiction with Isaiah 26:14

Psalms 17:15 refers to satisfaction in the afterlife with divine presence, while Isaiah asserts that the dead will not live or rise, contradicting resurrection or continued existence.

Isaiah 26:14: [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:50

Psalms 17:15 suggests a transformation into God's likeness after waking, yet 1 Corinthians states that flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom, presenting a potential conflict in transition nature.

1 Corinthians 15:50: Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
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